{"title":"A Case of Postpartum Takotsubo (Stress) Cardiomyopathy.","authors":"Fadi Kandah, Tanya Deol, Pooja Dhruva, Zachary Chandler, Thaer Musa, Gladys Velarde","doi":"10.1155/2022/4739742","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy (TCM) is usually triggered by psychological and/or physical stress. Most often, it is seen in postmenopausal women. Cases of TCM related to pregnancy are rare. We present a unique case of a 35-year-old, two-day postpartum female who was diagnosed with TCM.</p>","PeriodicalId":51760,"journal":{"name":"Case Reports in Cardiology","volume":" ","pages":"4739742"},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2022-08-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9371808/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Case Reports in Cardiology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1155/2022/4739742","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2022/1/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"CARDIAC & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Takotsubo (stress) cardiomyopathy (TCM) is usually triggered by psychological and/or physical stress. Most often, it is seen in postmenopausal women. Cases of TCM related to pregnancy are rare. We present a unique case of a 35-year-old, two-day postpartum female who was diagnosed with TCM.
期刊介绍:
Case Reports in Cardiology is a peer-reviewed, Open Access journal that publishes case reports and case series related to hypertension, arrhythmia, congestive heart failure, valvular heart disease, vascular disease, congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathy.