Abstract

GOMEZ, Andrés R; HERRERA, Sebastián; OCHOA, Julián  and  VELASQUEZ, Jorge G. Stress cardiomyopathy: case series. Rev. Colomb. Cardiol. [online]. 2015, vol.22, n.2, pp.97-101. ISSN 0120-5633.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.rccar.2014.10.009.

Takotsubo stress cardiomyopathy is the result of a stressing event which causes acute ventricular dilation and dysfunction, a rise in myocardial injury biomarkers, electrocardiographic alterations and no significant coronary artery lesions. Typically it presents in postmenopausical women and is usually reversible. We report a case series of twelve patients with stress cardiomyophaty evaluated over a period of nine years. All patients were female around the seventh decade of life. The most common presenting symptom was thoracic pain which presented in all patients, and the main trigger was emotional stress. Approximately 25% of patients had history of cardiovascular disease and the most common medications used previously to de event were acetyl-salicylic acid, betablockers and angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACE inhibitors). All cases documented impaired ventricular function, which recovered in variable time.

Keywords : Cardiomyopathy; Stress; Takotsubo.

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