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Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and midventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a novel association?

Katecholaminerge polymorphe ventrikuläre Tachykardien und midventrikuläre Takotsubokardiomyopathie: Eine neue Assoziation?

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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a recently recognized clinical syndrome characterized by transient ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. TTC primarily affects postmenopausal women; TTC in children and adolescents is only rarely reported. Furthermore, simultaneous occurrence of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and primary electrical diseases has been previously reported in only four recent cases of female patients with congenital long QT syndrome. Here, we report the novel association of catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardias and a midventricular type of TTC observed in a young female patient.

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Die Takotsubo-Kardiomyopathie (TTC) stellt ein neues klinisches Syndrom dar, dass durch eine transiente stressinduzierte Störung der linksventrikulären Funktion unter Ausschluss einer koronaren Herzerkrankung charakterisiert ist. Die Erkankung tritt vornehmlich bei postmenopausalen Frauen auf; bei Kindern und Jugendlichen ist sie eine Rarität. Das Autreten einer Takotsubokardiomyopathie bei Patienten mit einer primär elektrischen Erkrankung ist bisher erst in vier Fällen junger Frauen mit einem angeborenen Long QT Syndrom beschrieben worden. Wir berichten erstmals über das Auftreten einer Takotsubo-Kardiomyopathie vom selteneren midventrikulären Typ bei einer jungen Patientin mit catecholaminergen polymorphen Kammertachykardien.

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  1. Ist Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1–3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Rainer Schimpf MD

  2. Ist Department of Medicine-Cardiology, University Medical Centre Mannheim, Theodor-Kutzer-Ufer 1–3, 68167, Mannheim, Germany

    Jürgen Meinhardt MD, Martin Borggrefe MD & Dariush Haghi MD

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Schimpf, R., Meinhardt, J., Borggrefe, M. et al. Catecholaminergic polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and midventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a novel association?. Herzschr Elektrophys 24, 63–66 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00399-013-0248-8

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