Open AccessRecurrent takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an postmenopausal Indian lady: Is there a pattern?
Author(s) -
NM Sharath Babu,
ST Chacko,
Bobby Chacko,
Aparna Irodi
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
journal of postgraduate medicine/journal of postgraduate medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.405
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 0972-2823
pISSN - 0022-3859
DOI - 10.4103/jpgm.jpgm_383_17
Subject(s) - medicine , presentation (obstetrics) , cardiomyopathy , acute coronary syndrome , cardiology , postmenopausal women , pediatrics , heart failure , surgery , myocardial infarction
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a syndrome of acute left ventricular dysfunction with a clinical presentation often mimicking acute coronary syndrome. Without a high index of suspicion, this clinical entity often goes unrecognized. Although initially categorized as a benign completely reversible condition, it is no longer considered to be so. Recurrence of this condition, though rare, has been reported in a non-Indian population. We present a case of recurrent TTC in a postmenopausal Indian lady who had a similar clinical presentation both at the index event and at recurrence.