Open AccessTakotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Healthcare Worker During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Caused by the Virus or the Demands of the Many Being Placed on the Few?
Author(s) -
Mustafa Mohammed,
Samer Zakhour,
Jasneet Devgun,
James Lee,
Thomas Keimig,
Dee Dee Wang
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
european journal of case reports in internal medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.125
H-Index - 1
ISSN - 2284-2594
DOI - 10.12890/2020_002088
Subject(s) - pandemic , medicine , covid-19 , cardiomyopathy , health care , cardiology , medical emergency , intensive care medicine , heart failure , virology , disease , outbreak , economics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , economic growth
We present a case of Takotsubo (stress-induced) cardiomyopathy (TCM) in a healthcare worker that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. TCM, or broken-heart syndrome, has various presentations. This case sheds light on how stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic may cause cardiac illness in healthcare workers.