Successful heart transplantation using a donor heart afflicted by takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Proc (Bayl Univ Med Cent). 2016 Jan;29(1):73-4. doi: 10.1080/08998280.2016.11929367.

Abstract

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as apical ballooning syndrome, stress cardiomyopathy, or broken heart syndrome, is a disease characterized by transient ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Herein, we present a case in which a heart with mild takotsubo cardiomyopathy was utilized as the donor organ for an orthotopic heart transplant.

Publication types

  • Case Reports