This is the first reported case of Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy occurring as a complication of acute gastritis, highlighting the need for clinical awareness of this potential association.
Alerts clinicians to possible gastritis-Takotsubo link; hypothesis-generating case report that leaves association open for confirmation.
KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE: A 50-year-old lady presented with epigastralgia, electrocardiogram (ECG) showed T-wave inversions and the echocardiogram low ejection fraction (EF) with apical ballooning. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed gastritis. She recovered with proton pump inhibitors treatment. This is the first case that describes gastritis-induced stress cardiomyopathy. Clinicians should be aware of Takotsubo's cardiomyopathy (TCM) as a possible complication of gastritis.
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