Cor Vasa 2022, 64(1):73-75 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2021.107

Tako-tsubo syndrome and atrial fibrillation. New trigger for cardiomyopathy. A clinical case

Elisabetta Demurtas^a, Rosalba De Sarro^a, Vito Maurizio Parato^b, Marianna Gigliotti De Fazio^a, Luana Orlando^a, Andrea Giovanni Parato^c, Michele Scarano^b

^a Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy

^b Cardiology Unit of Madonna del Soccorso Hospital, San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy

^c School of Medicine, Tor Vergata University, Rome, Italy

Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is well-known to be a stress-induced cardiomyopathy. TS is triggered by external or internal, physical or emotional stress associated with a catecholamine storm, overactivity of sympathetic nerves, or microvascular dysfunction in the setting of systemic inflammation. We report the case of a patient with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy associated with atrial fibrillation and fibromuscular dysplasia of the left anterior descending artery.

Keywords: Atrial fibrillation, Stress cardiomyopathy, Takotsubo syndrome

Received: April 16, 2021; Revised: August 27, 2021; Accepted: August 30, 2021; Published: February 22, 2022  Show citation