Key result
Acute VSD complicates Takotsubo syndrome in a rare case of acute decompensated heart failure.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights a rare but serious complication (ventricular septal defect) of Takotsubo Syndrome.
Clinicians should consider VSD in Takotsubo with acute decompensated HF; this case report leaves open its incidence and management.
Takotsubo Syndrome is a transient condition characterized by left ventricular systolic dysfunction with apical akinesis/dyskinesis and ballooning. Although the prognosis with medical management is excellent in most cases, rare cases of serious complications can occur. We present here a case of a 71-year-old woman presenting with acute decompensated heart failure with initial findings consistent with a myocardial infarction, who was found instead to have an acute ventricular septal defect as a complication of Takotsubo Syndrome.
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Lu et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Takotsubo Syndrome complicated by Ventricular Septal Defect (n=1). A 71-year-old woman presenting with acute decompensated heart failure was found to have an acute ventricular septal defect as a rare complication of Takotsubo Syndrome.
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