Key result
Surgical interrupted suture technique successfully repaired a ventricular septal rupture complicating midventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 57-year-old woman.
Why the study?
Ventricular rupture has been reported in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with typical apical ballooning, but midventricular ballooning complicated by ventricular septal rupture is rarely described.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report demonstrates the successful surgical repair of a rare ventricular septal rupture complicating midventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Alerts clinicians to rupture risk in midventricular Takotsubo; extends known complications beyond apical patterns.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’, is a form of acute heart failure, featured by a reversible impairment in cardiac contractility. About 20% of patients during hospitalization experience complications including cardiogenic shock, stroke, left ventricular thrombosis or death. Ventricular rupture has already been reported in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in patients with typical apical ballooning pattern. We report one of the first cases of a midventricular ballooning Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 57-year-old woman complicated by ventricular septal rupture, successfully repaired with a surgical interrupted suture technique.
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Manna et al. (2019) conducted a case report in Midventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by ventricular septal rupture (n=1). Surgical interrupted suture technique was evaluated on Successful repair. Surgical interrupted suture technique successfully repaired a ventricular septal rupture complicating midventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 57-year-old woman.
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