Cor Vasa 2020, 62(5):486-491 | DOI: 10.33678/cor.2019.091

(Reverse Takotsubo syndrome, a rare form of "Broken Heart" syndrome)

Zdenko Stelmach, Oana Raluca Ioniţă, Tomáš Buděšínský, Pavel Gregor
Klinika kardiologie, Kardiocentrum, 3. lékařská fakulta Univerzity Karlovy a Fakultní nemocnice Královské Vinohrady, Praha

The reverse Takotsubo syndrome is one of the less frequent variants of acute syndrome, characterized by reversible basal akinesis of the left ventricle and the hypercontraction of its apical part. The following case report deals with a patient with a history of anxiety disorder that has been accepted for ongoing chest pain and signs of left ventricular heart failure. The examinations performed did not show any other etiology of difficulty than the reverse Takotsubo syndrome. After managing an acute condition, the patient had a rapid withdrawal of difficulties and a relatively rapid repair of the myocardial disorder.

Keywords: Acute coronary syndrome, Reverse Takotsubo syndrome, Takotsubo syndrome

Received: September 15, 2019; Revised: December 14, 2019; Accepted: December 20, 2019; Published: November 1, 2020  Show citation

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Stelmach Z, Ioniţă OR, Buděšínský T, Gregor P. (Reverse Takotsubo syndrome, a rare form of "Broken Heart" syndrome). Cor Vasa. 2020;62(5):486-491. doi: 10.33678/cor.2019.091.
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