• Medicina · Jan 2011

    Case Reports

    Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in association with hyperthyroidism.

    • Ahmad Syadi Mahmood Zuhdi, Zul Hilmi Yaakob, Muhammad Athar Sadiq, Muhammad Dzafir Ismail, Abdul Wahab Undok, and Wan Azman Wan Ahmad.
    • Unit of Cardiology, University Malaya Medical Center, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. syadizuhdi@yahoo.co.uk
    • Medicina (Kaunas). 2011 Jan 1;47(4):219-21.

    AbstractTakotsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare, acute, nonischemic cardiomyopathy causing transient left ventricular dysfunction, which can mimic myocardial infarction on its presentation. While many cardiac manifestations have been associated with hyperthyroidism, we report a rare case where it has precipitated takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

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