Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Coronavirus Disease-2019-Positive Patient: A Case Report

Siddharth Dave; Jennifer T Thibodeau; Kim Styrvoky; Shyam H Bhatt

doi:10.1213/XAA.0000000000001304

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Coronavirus Disease-2019-Positive Patient: A Case Report

A A Pract. 2020 Sep;14(11):e01304. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001304.

Authors

Siddharth Dave¹, Jennifer T Thibodeau², Kim Styrvoky³, Shyam H Bhatt⁴

Affiliations

¹ From the Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
² Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
³ Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas.
⁴ Virginia Tech Carilion School of Medicine, Roanoke, Virginia.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a high incidence of cardiac involvement, commonly described as a new-onset cardiomyopathy. In this report, we describe a patient with a new manifestation of cardiac involvement in the setting of a COVID-19 diagnosis: that of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

COVID-19
COVID-19 Testing
Clinical Laboratory Techniques
Coronavirus Infections / complications*
Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
Female
Humans
Middle Aged
Pandemics
Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / virology*