A clinical case of takotsubo syndrome due to acute microvascular dysfunction on the background of generalized anxiety disorder

• Dmitriy S. Evdokimov
• Svetlana A. Boldueva
• Irina A. Leonova

Abstract

Takotsubo syndrome (TS) is an acute pathology characterized by transient impairment of left ventricular myocardial contractility. TS pathogenesis is not yet fully understood. One of the discussed pathological mechanisms of this disease development is the coronary microvascular dysfunction. This article describes a TS due to acute microvascular dysfunction in a patient with generalized anxiety disorder clinical observation.

Keywords:syndrome takotsubo; microvascular dysfunction; myocardial infarction; mental stress

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