Why the study?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy usually appears after a stressful event or in women, and is rarely seen after pacemaker implantation.
Population
A 65-year-old man with PMI due to 2:1 atrioventricular nodal block
Design
Case report
Follow-up
1 month
Authors
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Alerts clinicians to rare post-pacemaker takotsubo cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Clinicians should be aware that takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare but potential complication following permanent pacemaker implantation.
Moinudddin et al. (2022) studied this question.
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