Case Reports in Cardiology (Jan 2020)
Complete Heart Block Complicating Takotsubo Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review
Abstract
An 81-year-old woman presents with shortness of breath resulting in a diagnosis of picornavirus and complete heart block. Troponin was elevated and there was concern about acute coronary syndrome. The final diagnosis after echocardiogram and coronary angiogram was Takotsubo syndrome in addition to the heart block which required pacemaker insertion.