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A 58-year-old woman with COVID-19 developed stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy with an initial ejection fraction of 20% that improved to 55% over 6 days.
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This case demonstrates that COVID-19 can trigger acute stress (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy, which may present with cardiogenic shock but can exhibit rapid left ventricular functional recovery.
May represent reversible takotsubo cardiomyopathy in COVID-19 shock; hypothesis-generating and leaves open systematic evaluation.
A 58-year-old woman was admitted with symptoms of coronavirus disease-2019. She subsequently developed mixed shock, and an echocardiogram showed mid-distal left ventricular hypokinesis and apical ballooning, findings typical of stress, or takotsubo, cardiomyopathy. Over the next few days her left ventricular function improved, the further supporting the reversibility of acute stress cardiomyopathy. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
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Minhas et al. (2020) conducted a case report in COVID-19 and Takotsubo Syndrome (n=1). COVID-19 was evaluated on Left ventricular function recovery. A 58-year-old woman with COVID-19 developed stress (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy with an initial ejection fraction of 20% that improved to 55% over 6 days.
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