An Atypical Presentation of Acute Abdomen as a Cardioembolic Complication of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report

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.