Author/Authors :
Basnet, Sijan Department of Medicine - Reading Hospital, PA, USA , Rajagopalan, Priya Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, PA, USA , Dhital, Rashmi Department of Medicine - Reading Hospital, PA, USA , Tharu, Biswaraj Maharajgunj Medical Campus - Tribhuvan University, Kathmandu, Nepal
Abstract :
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient apical ballooning with preserved basal ventricular function triggered by
physical or emotional stressors. We present a case of a 75-year-old man referred to our facility for the management of acute
myocardial infarction later diagnosed as takotsubo cardiomyopathy. We believe platelet-mediated adrenaline release from
massive thrombocytosis might have been the precipitating factor for the pathogenesis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
