Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after a quarrel.
Dong-Mei Jiang, Ze-Wei Sunc, Jie Han

Abstract

Objective: To report a case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a blind woman.

Case presentation: We report a confirmed case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in a 55-year-old blind woman with past medical history of ocular trauma. The patient suffered from sudden chest pain after a quarrel. Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) showed regional wall motion abnormalities. Coronary angiogram showed no significant coronary stenosis, but ventriculogram demonstrated apical ballooning akinesis and hypercontraction in the basal segments. The follow-up TTE revealed a recovery of systolic function 6 weeks later.

Conclusion: We report a case of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after a quarrel, implicating that severe emotional or physical stress could trigger myocardial stunning.

Keywords: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, ocular trauma, blindness, postmenopause