Complete Heart Block Complicating Takotsubo Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review. (19th August 2020)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: McGee, Michael J.; Yu, William; McCarthy, Joshua; Barlow, Malcolm; Hackworthy, Rosemary
• Other Names: Shirotani Manabu Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Case reports in cardiology. Volume 2020(2020)
• Publication Date: 2020-08-19
• Subjects: Cardiology -- Periodicals; 616.12005
• DOI: 10.1155/2020/7614836
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2090-6404

Abstract

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.