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ArticleFrontiers in cardiovascular medicine2024

Case Report: Asymptomatic SARS-COV2 infection triggering recurrent Takotsubo syndrome.

Gianni Dall'Ara, Miriam Compagnone, Roberto Carletti, Sara Piciucchi, Elisa Gardini, Marcello Galvani

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Article in Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gianni Dall'AraDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Forlì, Italy.
Miriam CompagnoneCardiology Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Roberto CarlettiCardiology Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Sara PiciucchiDepartment of Radiology, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Elisa GardiniCardiology Unit, Morgagni-Pierantoni Hospital, Forlì, Italy.
Marcello GalvaniDepartment of Medical and Surgical Sciences (DIMEC), University of Bologna, Forlì Campus, Forlì, Italy.

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Abstract

Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is a rare disease mimicking acute coronary syndrome, often triggered by physical or emotional stress, and characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction. Recurrences are described in about 5% of cases and may have different clinical and imaging patterns. In the present report, SARS-COV-2 infection, even in the absence of symptoms and overt emotional stress, seems correlated with recurrence of TTS, due to the absence of other recognized triggers. The hypothesis is that in predisposed patients, events like catecholamine-induced myocyte injury, direct viral damage, cytokine storm, immune-mediated damage, and procoagulant state, all possibly induced by the infection, may elicit endothelial dysfunction as substrate for TTS onset.

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apical ballooning syndromeCOVIDrecurrenceSARS-CoV-2stress cardiomyopathyTakotsubo

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PMCPMC11157011

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