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- Dong-Mei Jiang, Ze-Wei Sunc, and Jie Han.
- Department of Cardiology, Biomedical research (therapy) center, Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, College of Medicine, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China.
- Afr Health Sci. 2015 Dec 1; 15 (4): 1349-53.
ObjectiveTo report a case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a blind woman.Case PresentationWe report a confirmed case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a 55-year-old blind woman with past medical history of ocular trauma. The patient suffered from sudden chest pain after a quarrel. Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed regional wall motion abnormalities. Coronary angiogram showed no significant coronary stenosis, but ventriculogram demonstrated apical ballooning akinesis and hypercontraction in the basal segments. The follow-up TTE revealed a recovery of systolic function 6 weeks later.ConclusionWe report a case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after a quarrel, implicating that severe emotional or physical stress could trigger myocardial stunning.
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