Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Coronavirus Disease-2019-Positive Patient: A Case Report

A A Pract. 2020 Sep;14(11):e01304. doi: 10.1213/XAA.0000000000001304.

Abstract

Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has a high incidence of cardiac involvement, commonly described as a new-onset cardiomyopathy. In this report, we describe a patient with a new manifestation of cardiac involvement in the setting of a COVID-19 diagnosis: that of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • COVID-19
  • COVID-19 Testing
  • Clinical Laboratory Techniques
  • Coronavirus Infections / complications*
  • Coronavirus Infections / diagnosis
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Pandemics
  • Pneumonia, Viral / complications*
  • Pneumonia, Viral / diagnosis
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / virology*