Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Anorexia Nervosa Patients: Why Is It Happening?

• Main Authors: Abdalla Hassan, Ashley Freyre
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Barcaray International 2015-01-01
• Series: International Cardiovascular Forum Journal
• Subjects: Takostubo Cardiomyopathy; Anorexia Nervosa; Strain Analysis
• Online Access: http://icfjournal.org/index.php/icfj/article/view/121/pdf-2

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TTC), first described in 1991 in Japan, is a condition that closely resembles ACS in symptoms, laboratory values, and EKG findings and results in acute LV dysfunction, but yet differs in that it is without evidence of coronary artery stenosis on angiography and presents after intense emotional or physical stress (1-4). Mayo clinic has proposed several criteria for the diagnosis of TTC and it includes the absence of obstructive coronary disease or angiographic evidence of acute plaque rupture as an essential component in the definition. A few case reports have described the association between TTC and anorexia nervosa, but the exact pathophysiology has never fully been elucidated.