Stress Related Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report

First described in Hiroshima City Hospital in 1990, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy emerged as an important differential diagnosis for acute coronary syndrome, since this disease mimics some commemoratives presentations of acute coronary syndrome such as chest symptoms, electrocardiographic changes and cardiac injury biomarker alteration. Also, it's important to emphasize that, although it commonly occurs among woman, TCC can happen in males, as demonstrated in other studies which 10% of the cases occurred in male sex. In this way, this study shows the importance of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy as a differential diagnosis for acute coronary syndrome.