Takotsubo Syndrome in the Setting of COVID-19

Anum S. Minhas, MD; Paul Scheel, MD; Brian Garibaldi, MD; Gigi Liu, MD, MS; Maureen Horton, MD; Mark Jennings, MD, MHS; Steven R. Jones, MD; Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS; Allison G. Hays, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Jul 2020)

Takotsubo Syndrome in the Setting of COVID-19

Anum S. Minhas, MD,
Paul Scheel, MD,
Brian Garibaldi, MD,
Gigi Liu, MD, MS,
Maureen Horton, MD,
Mark Jennings, MD, MHS,
Steven R. Jones, MD,
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS,
Allison G. Hays, MD

Affiliations

Anum S. Minhas, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Address for correspondence: Dr. Anum S. Minhas, Division of Cardiology, Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe Street, Halsted 500, Baltimore, Maryland 21287.
Paul Scheel, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Brian Garibaldi, MD: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Gigi Liu, MD, MS: Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Maureen Horton, MD: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Mark Jennings, MD, MHS: Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Steven R. Jones, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Erin D. Michos, MD, MHS: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland; Department of Epidemiology, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland
Allison G. Hays, MD: Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 9
pp. 1321 – 1325

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A 58-year-old woman was admitted with symptoms of coronavirus disease-2019. She subsequently developed mixed shock, and an echocardiogram showed mid-distal left ventricular hypokinesis and apical ballooning, findings typical of stress, or takotsubo, cardiomyopathy. Over the next few days her left ventricular function improved, the further supporting the reversibility of acute stress cardiomyopathy. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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