Key result
Conservative management resolves takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by esophageal stent placement.
Why the study?
Much is still unknown regarding risk factors and clinical relationships of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
Design
Case report
Follow-up
Symptoms resolved completely within weeks
Authors
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Esophageal cancer may trigger Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating case report that leaves open any causal link pending larger studies.
Case Report (n=1)
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy should be considered in the differential diagnosis of heart failure, particularly in patients with cancer presenting with ACS-like symptoms and patent coronary arteries.
Gangadhar et al. (2008) conducted a case report in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (n=1). Conservative management with diuresis was evaluated on Clinical and echocardiographic recovery. A 64-year-old woman with esophageal cancer developed takotsubo cardiomyopathy after endoscopic stent placement and experienced rapid clinical and echocardiographic recovery with conservative management.
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