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A young male patient developed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following a suicide attempt by voluntary drug intoxication with risperidone, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report highlights that Takotsubo cardiomyopathy can occur as an early complication of a drug-induced suicide attempt in a young male, expanding the known triggers and demographics for this condition.
Consider Takotsubo in young male overdose patients; extends triggers and demographics but remains hypothesis-generating.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy typically presents in menopausal women following episodes of intense physical or mental stress. To our knowledge, the literature contains only two documented cases of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy arising following a suicide attempt, neither of which involved pharmaceutical poisoning. Here, however, we document the case of a young male patient with borderline personality disorder and a clinical and angiographic presentation compatible with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy arising following a suicide attempt by voluntary drug intoxication (risperidone, barbiturates, and benzodiazepine). The potential pathophysiological mechanisms behind this unusual clinical picture are discussed.
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Romanò et al. (2013) conducted a case report in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (n=1). Voluntary drug intoxication (risperidone, barbiturates, and benzodiazepine) was evaluated on Development of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. A young male patient developed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following a suicide attempt by voluntary drug intoxication with risperidone, barbiturates, and benzodiazepines.
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