A broken heart in a broken car

Susanne Anna Schlossbauer; Jelena-Rima Ghadri; Victoria Lucia Cammann; Willibald Maier; Thomas F. Lüscher; Christian Templin

doi:10.5603/CJ.2016.0034

Vol 23, No 3 (2016)

Letter to the Editor

Submitted: 2016-05-01

Accepted: 2016-05-04

Published online: 2016-06-30

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A broken heart in a broken car

Susanne Anna Schlossbauer, Jelena-Rima Ghadri, Victoria Lucia Cammann, Willibald Maier, Thomas F. Lüscher, Christian Templin

DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2016.0034

Pubmed: 27377800

Cardiol J 2016;23(3):352-354.

Vol 23, No 3 (2016)

Letters to the Editors

Submitted: 2016-05-01

Accepted: 2016-05-04

Published online: 2016-06-30

Abstract

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is still a relatively understudied and often undetected disease. It is usually preceded by emotional or physical triggers. We here report a case of TTS following a car accident. Typical apical ballooning with moderate reduction of left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and increased level of pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) as well as slightly increased creatine kinase and troponin T values were found in this 76-year-old female patient, 6 h after a car accident. At 10 weeks follow-up, we observed a normalization of regional wall motion, LVEF, electrocardiogram and pro-BNP. TTS is an acute heart failure syndrome and an important differential diagnosis of acute coronary syndrome.