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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy predominantly affects post-menopausal women, but can complicate any acute illness leading to intense stress, such as pneumothorax.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy can complicate acute illnesses like right-sided pneumothorax and present with ECG changes mimicking acute coronary syndrome.
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May prompt pneumothorax consideration in ACS-mimicking ECGs; this case leaves open TCM occurrence in acute non-cardiac stress.
Patients with left-sided pneumothorax presenting with electrocardiogram (ECG) changes resembling acute coronary syndrome (ACS) have been reported in the literature. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) occurs predominantly in post-menopausal women with underlying intense emotional or physical stress. However, as this case report shows, it can complicate any acute illness leading to intense stress. We report a rare combination of ECG changes mimicking ACS in a man with a large right-sided pneumothorax and TCM.
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