Why the study?
Takotsubo syndrome is frequently misdiagnosed or diagnosed late because patients typically present with acute heart failure or acute coronary syndrome following emotional or physical stress.
This case report highlights the occurrence of Takotsubo syndrome triggered by severe emotional stress and its potential for full recovery.
Case report of recovery in stress-triggered Takotsubo is hypothesis-generating; leaves open generalizability and need for larger studies.
Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a medical condition mostly due to emotional or physical stress which frequently leads to misdiagnosis or late diagnosis. Patients tend to present initially with acute heart failure or acute coronary syndrome to our emergency department. Here we describe a patient with no history of cardiovascular disease, who developed TTS due to emotional stress from the death of her husband and then fully recovered during follow-up.
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