Key result
Surgical and antibiotic therapy for prosthetic valve endocarditis resolves concomitant takotsubo syndrome in one case.
Why the study?
Outcomes of ischemic VT ablation may differ between patients with previous myocardial infarction depending on infarct localization.
Case Report (n=1)
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Rattka et al. (2020) conducted a case report in Takotsubo syndrome and infectious endocarditis (n=1). Antibiotic therapy and surgical valve replacement was evaluated on Resolution of infectious endocarditis and takotsubo syndrome. Successful surgical and antibiotic therapy for prosthetic aortic valve endocarditis resulted in the resolution of concomitant takotsubo syndrome in a 60-year-old woman.
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