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Clin Case Rep. 2016 Jul 12;4(8):789-92. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.567. eCollection 2016 Aug.

Association of a congenital long QT syndrome type 1 with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Clinical case reports

Ibrahim El-Battrawy, Michael Behnes, Martin Borggrefe, Ibrahim Akin

Affiliations

  1. First Department of Medicine University Medical Centre Mannheim (UMM) Faculty of Medicine Mannheim University of Heidelberg Mannheim Germany; DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research) partner site Mannheim Mannheim Germany.

PMID: 27525086 PMCID: PMC4974430 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.567

Abstract

The occurrence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with congenital long QT syndrome has rarely been described. This case report discusses the occurrence of a clinically overt takotsubo cardiomyopathy accompanied by congenital long QT syndrome type 1 in a female patient.

Keywords: Apical ballooning; Congenital long QT syndrome; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

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