Tako-tsubo Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Recurrent Torsade de Pointes in a Patient with Anorexia Nervosa
| Autor: | Giovanni Stanco, Fiore Manganelli, Fiore Candelmo, Tonino Lanzillo, Francesco Rotondi, Luciano Marino, Emilio Di Lorenzo |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Anorexia Nervosa business.industry Long QT syndrome Cardiomyopathy Torsades de pointes General Medicine Middle Aged Tako-tsubo Cardiomyopathy medicine.disease QT interval Sudden cardiac death Recurrence Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Torsades de Pointes Anorexia nervosa (differential diagnoses) Internal medicine Qt dispersion mental disorders Internal Medicine medicine Cardiology Humans Female business |
| Zdroj: | Internal Medicine. 49:1133-1137 |
| ISSN: | 1349-7235 0918-2918 |
| DOI: | 10.2169/internalmedicine.49.3276 |
| Popis: | We report the case of a 57-year-old woman with anorexia nervosa showing evidence of "tako-tsubo" cardiomyopathy complicated by several syncopes due to recurrent episodes of torsades de pointes. Prolongation of QT interval and QT dispersion have been reported both in the "tako-tsubo" cardiomyopathy and in anorexia nervosa. The QT prolongation and the QT dispersion has been linked as risk indicators for sudden cardiac death. The combination of "tako-tsubo" cardiomyopathy with a condition associated with the prolongation of QT and/or with an increase of QT dispersion, such as anorexia nervosa, makes the acute and subacute prognosis of this disease much more severe than usual. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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