• J Cardiol Cases · Aug 2015

    Case Reports

    Concomitant takotsubo cardiomyopathy with PRES syndrome: A coincidence or a real heart-brain connection?

    • Dhiraj Yadav, Lohit Garg, Pooja Narwal, Rand Ladkany, and Laura Franey.
    • Department of Internal Medicine, Beaumont Health System, Royal Oak, MI, USA.
    • J Cardiol Cases. 2015 Aug 1; 12 (2): 48-51.

    AbstractTakotsubo cardiomyopathy is a clinical entity characterized by reversible ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Posterior reversible encephalopathy syndrome is another rare clinical syndrome characterized by reversible neurological symptoms. Concomitant occurrence is increasingly reported leading to credence to hypothesis of "heart-brain connection". We present a case of a 60-year-old female admitted for neurological symptoms who developed takotsubo cardiomyopathy within 24 h of admission. .

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