Angry bowels breaking hearts: a case series

Authors

Youssef Soliman, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Megan Soliman, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Qamar Ahmad, Rochester Regional HealthFollow
Laura vonDoenhoff, Rochester Regional HealthFollow

Department

Internal Medicine

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal Of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives

Abstract

Stress cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is transient left ventricular apical akinesis in the absence of angiographic evidence of corresponding obstructive coronary artery disease. A classic presentation is of chest pain following intense emotional or physical stress. Reports of stress-inducing triggers include acute respiratory failure, sudden death of a loved one, sympathomimetic drugs, pheochromocytoma crisis, diabetic ketoacidosis, and even earthquakes. We report three cases of intra-abdominal etiologies precipitating Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: two with small bowel obstruction, and one with colitis.

First Page

276

Last Page

278

DOI

10.1080/20009666.2018.1528106

Volume

8

Issue

5

Publication Date

10-15-2018

PubMed ID

30357061

Recommended Citation

Soliman, Y., Soliman, M., Ahmad, Q., & vonDoenhoff, L. (2018). Angry bowels breaking hearts: a case series. Journal Of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, 8 (5), 276-278. https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1528106