An Atypical Presentation of Acute Abdomen as a Cardioembolic Complication of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report
2015
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a rare clinical entity of left ventricle systolic dysfunction without any signs of coronary artery disease. Many patients recover within 4-5 weeks but some may develop complications like left ventricular thrombus formation and systemic embolization. Here we discuss such a case where a patient presented to the emergency department with an acute abdomen due to a cardioembolization of a left ventricular thrombus in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.
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