Myocardial Infarction or Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy? A Case Report of a Rare Clinical Dilemma in the Setting of Atrial Myxoma

Myocardial Infarction or Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy? A Case Report of a Rare Clinical Dilemma in the Setting of Atrial Myxoma

Background Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) secondary to coronary embolization is one of the rare complications of atrial myxoma. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), a close mimic of AMI, is extremely rare in the setting of atrial myxoma. We report a patient with atrial myxoma presenting with features...

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Main Authors: Balasubramaniyan Amirtha Ganesh, Sasinthar Rangasamy, Arumugam Aashish, Selvaraj Karthikeyan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2021-04-01
Series:Indian Journal of Cardiovascular Disease in Women
Subjects:
takotsubo cardiomyopathy
myocardial infarction
atrial myxoma
embolization
case report
Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0041-1734397

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