Takotsubo Syndrome as a Complication of Mild COVID-19: A Case Report

Introduction

As the number of cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) has reached tens of millions worldwide, the understanding of its clinical manifestations has grown. These have been described as a range of systemic repercussions resulting from an interplay between direct organ damage and exaggerated host immune response. ^, In a descriptive case series study of COVID-19 patients in Wuhan, 44% of patients had either elevated cardiac biomarkers or new changes in electrocardiogram (ECG) and imaging exams, and 34% of all cases had acute heart failure. Systemic diseases with increased adrenergic response may lead to stress cardiomyopathy, or Takotsubo syndrome, which is a rare condition with challenging diagnosis in the course of COVID-19. Herein we present a case of an elderly woman with mild COVID-19 who presented classical features of takotsubo syndrome on the 5th day of illness.

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