TAKOTSUBO SYNDROME AND CORONARY ARTERY FISTULA : CASE REPORT AND LITERATURE REVIEW

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) has been reported in various clinical conditions. Coronary artery fistula (CAF) is diagnosed in 0.2- 0.4% of patients undergoing coronary angiography. Pathologic communication between coronary artery (e.g., left anterior de¬scending coronary artery - LAD) and cardiac chambers (e.g., left ventricle - LV) is cameral type of CAF which particularly predis¬pose to myocardial ischemia due to a steal syndrome. Eight cases of coexistent TTS and CAF have been reported so far; in 6 of them LAD cameral fistulas drained LV, in 2 others communications between coronary arteries and pulmonary artery were found. The authors describe a case of a 75-year-old female, admitted due to chest pain and dyspnea. Her clinical picture with ST-segment elevation in ECG, moderately increased troponin I and apical ballooning in echocardiography, was more typical for TTS than for myocardial infarction; besides that, color doppler imaging was suggestive of multiple CAF to LV. Coronary angiography showed communication between all (normal) coronary arteries and LV. Throughout the conservative therapy, first, an improve¬ment and then normalization of LV function were observed after 2 and 6 days, respectively. Chest x-ray and computed tomogra¬phy revealed mediastinal tumor (eventually diagnosed as lung cancer). Cardiac magnetic resonance performed after one month did not show late gadolinium enhancement. During the course of 24 months follow-up, she was taking bisoprolol and ramipril and her cardiologic state remained stable, even during chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The authors collected the clinical data of all 9 cases with concomitant TTS and CAF. Specific TTS triggering factors/predisposing conditions were present in all patients, which has indicated that coexistence of TTS and CAF is rather coincidental.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

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2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:51

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Polski merkuriusz lekarski : organ Polskiego Towarzystwa Lekarskiego - 51(2023), 1 vom: 01., Seite 88-94

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Elikowski, Waldemar [VerfasserIn]
Angerer, Dariusz [VerfasserIn]
Fertała, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Zawodna-Marszałek, Magdalena [VerfasserIn]
Greberska, Weronika [VerfasserIn]
Ganowicz-Kaatz, Teresa [VerfasserIn]
Słomczyński, Marek [VerfasserIn]

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AU0V1LM3JT
Cardiac magnetic resonance
Case Reports
Contrast Media
Coronary artery fistula
Echocardiography
Gadolinium
Journal Article
Review
Steal syndrome
Takotsubo syndrome
Triggering factors

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Date Completed 27.03.2023

Date Revised 27.03.2023

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.36740/Merkur202301112

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NLM354660543