Takotsubo syndrome in status epilepticus –case report

Abstract

Takotsubo syndrome, also known as stress cardiomyopathy, apical ballooning syndrome or “broken heart syndrome,” is a sudden, transient cardiac condition in which left ventricular dysfunction occurs. Stressors that can induce takotsubo syndrome include both emotional and physical triggers of any kind. The authors present a case of a male patient with nonconvulsive status epilepticus and symptoms suggesting takotsubo syndrome. Echocardiographic examination revealed akinesis of the midsegment and apical segment of the left ventricle, and impaired left ventricle function, but no coronary artery disease was found on cardiac angiography. The clinical symptoms, and echocardiographic and laboratory abnormalities, resolved gradually simultaneously with neurological improvement.