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Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with esophageal cancer: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Open Access Case report Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with esophageal cancer a case report Tara C Gangadhar 1 2 Elisabeth Von der Lohe1 2 3 Stephen G Sawada1 2 3 and Paul R Helft1 2 4 Address Department of Medicine Indiana University Medical Center IndianapoliS IN 46202 USA 2Indiana University School of Medicine Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis IN 46202 USA 3Division of Cardiology Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis IN 46202 USA and 4Division of Hematology Oncology Indiana University Medical Center Indianapolis IN 46202 USA Email Tara C Gangadhar - taracg@gmail.com Elisabeth Von der Lohe - evonderl@iupui.edu Stephen G Sawada - ssawada@iupui.edu Paul R Helft - phelft@iupui.edu Corresponding author Published 8 December 2008 Received 23 July 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 379 doi 10.1186 1752-1947-2-379 Accepted 8 December 2008 This article is available from http www.jmedicalcasereports.cOm content 2 1 379 2008 Gangadhar et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http creativecommons.org licenses by 2.0 which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Takotsubo cardiomyopathy has increasingly been reported in the medical literature in recent years. Much is still unknown regarding risk factors and clinical relationships. We contribute this case report to the growing set of literature on the topic. Case presentation We report the case of a 64-year-old woman with esophageal cancer who developed takotsubo cardiomyopathy a form of reversible heart failure and we present a review of the literature. Patients present with symptoms similar to an acute coronary syndrome however cardiac catheterization reveals patent coronary arteries and symptoms of heart failure resolve completely within weeks. .
