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S V Guidoni1, C Pellicano, S La Starza
1Department of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Sensory Systems, NESMOS, 'Sapienza' University of Rome, Rome, Italy, silviavittoriaguidoni@gmail.com.
Background:
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC), also known as "stress induced cardiomyopathy", is an acute cardiac condition characterized by transient myocardial dysfunction associated with a peculiar pattern of reversibile left ventricular ballooning that mimics myocardial infarction, but with normal coronary arteries. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy typically occurs in postmenopausal women and it is often triggered by physical or emotional stressful events. We report on a patient with Alzheimer's disease, who presented with TTC and an ischemic stroke.
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