Complete Heart Block Complicating Takotsubo Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review

Michael J McGee; William Yu; Joshua McCarthy; Malcolm Barlow; Rosemary Hackworthy

doi:10.1155/2020/7614836

Complete Heart Block Complicating Takotsubo Syndrome: Case Report and Literature Review

Case Rep Cardiol. 2020 Aug 19:2020:7614836. doi: 10.1155/2020/7614836. eCollection 2020.

Authors

Michael J McGee^{1

2

3}, William Yu², Joshua McCarthy², Malcolm Barlow², Rosemary Hackworthy²

Affiliations

¹ School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
² Cardiovascular Department, John Hunter Hospital, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
³ Hunter Medical Research Institute, Newcastle, NSW, Australia.

Abstract

An 81-year-old woman presents with shortness of breath resulting in a diagnosis of picornavirus and complete heart block. Troponin was elevated and there was concern about acute coronary syndrome. The final diagnosis after echocardiogram and coronary angiogram was Takotsubo syndrome in addition to the heart block which required pacemaker insertion.

Publication types

Case Reports