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  • Title: [Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in the course of carbon monoxide poisoning].
    Author: Szponar J, Krajewska A, Majewska M, Danielewicz P, Drelich G, Drozd J, Tomaszewski M, Lewandowska-Stanek H.
    Journal: Przegl Lek; 2012; 69(8):611-3. PubMed ID: 23243944.
    Abstract:
    Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is a clinical syndrome induced by a strong mental or physical stress, characterized by a transient hypokinesia, akinesia or dyskinesia middle segments of the left ventricle and apical, with associated electrocardiographic changes of ST-T segment like in acute coronary syndrome, with no significant changes in coronary arteries in coronary angiography. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is mainly found in women in the sixth and seventh decade of life and represents 1-2% of cases originally diagnosed as acute coronary syndrome. We present a case of tako-tsubo syndrome in the course of carbon monoxide poisoning in a 56-year-old patient, with a positive history of ischemic heart disease and hypertension. Moreover, the reasons for its occurrence were considered based on clinical course, laboratory tests and imaging, and available literature.
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