Reports a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by urosepsis and presenting as acute pulmonary edema.
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May warrant considering Takotsubo in uroseptic pulmonary edema; leaves open confirmatory studies on incidence and management.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiac condition associated with transient left ventricular apical wall motion abnormalities in association with stress but without any signifcant coronary artery disease. We present a case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy presenting as acute pulmonary edema in the background of urosepsis.
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Saraf et al. (2023) studied this question.
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