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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access published online on April 4, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography, doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen135
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

Tako-Tsubo syndrome in a pregnant woman

Nicola D’Amato1,*, Paolo Colonna2, Paolino Brindicci1, Maria Grazia Campagna1, Claudio Petrillo3, Aldo Cafarelli3 and Carlo D’Agostino1

1 Cardiology Department, Di Venere Hospital, Bari, Italy
2 Cardiology Department, Policlinico Hospital, Bari, Italy
3 Intensive Care Unit, Di Venere Hospital, Bari, Italy

Received 31 December 2007; .

* Corresponding author. Tel: +39 03295322425.E-mail address: d.amato{at}tin.it


  Abstract

We describe a rare case of Tako-Tsubo syndrome which occurred in a young woman at the beginning of pregnancy, who presented cardiac arrest at onset. In this case, the transient left ventricular ballooning involving both mid and apical segments, in absence of coronary artery disease, produced a severe impairment of cardiac function with typical echocardiographic and electrocardiographic findings. The favourable outcome, despite the sudden cardiac death at the beginning, raises further questions on this new kind of cardiomyopathy.

Keywords: Tako-Tsubo Syndrome; Pregnancy; Sudden cardiac death; Echocardiography


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