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  • Title: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after a quarrel.
    Author: Jiang DM, Sunc ZW, Han J.
    Journal: Afr Health Sci; 2015 Dec; 15(4):1349-53. PubMed ID: 26958041.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVE: To report a case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a blind woman. CASE PRESENTATION: We 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. CONCLUSION: We 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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