TY - JOUR
AR - NNB-2019-3-102
TI - Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: An Unusual Case Report in a Patient Affected with Alzheimer’s Disease
AU - Pietro, Gareri
AU - Valeria Graziella Laura, Manfredi
JO - Neurology and Neurobiology
PY - 2019
DA - Mon 30, Sep 2019
SN - 2613-7828
DO - http://dx.doi.org/10.31487/j.NNB.2019.03.02
UR - https://www.sciencerepository.org/takotsubo-cardiomyopathy-an-unusual-case-report-in-a-patient-affected-with-alzheimer-s-disease_NNB-2019-3-102 
KW - Tako-Tsubo syndrome, dementia, heart failure, cardiomyopathy
AB - We describe a case report regarding an elderly woman affected with Alzheimer’s disease (AD), presenting
to the ER for chest pain, and showing ST-segment elevation on electrocardiography, and elevated cardiac
enzyme levels. She was hospitalized and after a number of laboratory and instrumental exams she was
diagnosed Tako-tsubo syndrome. One year after the event she is feeling fine, electrocardiogram is normal,
and no symptoms of cardiac heart failure are present. Tako-tsubo syndrome is a stress-induced
cardiomyopathy that involves left ventricular apical akinesis and mimics acute coronary syndrome. It was
first described in Japan in 1991, it is rare (1:36.000) with 1:3 male/female ratio and survival is usually 96%.
The novelty of this case-report is due to its rarity and to the onset of the disease in an elderly patient affected
with AD.