Key result
Lupus myopericarditis can act as a preceding stressor for takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Population
61-year-old African American woman with takotsubo cardiomyopathy preceded by lupus myopericarditis (n=1)
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May prompt consideration of takotsubo in lupus myopericarditis; single case leaves open prevalence and causality.
Lupus myopericarditis can act as a preceding stressor for takotsubo cardiomyopathy, indicating that these conditions can coexist.
Chhabra et al. (2014) studied this question. Lupus myopericarditis can act as a preceding stressor for takotsubo cardiomyopathy, demonstrating that these two entities can coexist and are not mutually exclusive.
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