Complete Heart Block Complicating Takotsubo Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review

oleh: Michael J. McGee, William Yu, Joshua McCarthy, Malcolm Barlow, Rosemary Hackworthy

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Hindawi Limited 2020-01-01

Deskripsi

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.