Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Internal Carotid Artery Dissection in Rapid Succession.

Jose L Vega, Jasrai Gill, Kyle Wiseman

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Article in JACC. Case reports, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1 citing paper in PubMed.

The Takotsubo Syndrome: Where the Sympathetic Stress Reflex and the Dive Reflex Conflict.Cureus · 2026
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3 authors.

Jose L VegaTeleneurología SAS, Envigado, Colombia; Hackensack Meridian Health, Southern Ocean Medical Center, Stafford, New Jersey, USA. Electronic address: jose.vega@teleneurologia.com.

Jasrai GillHackensack Meridian Health, Southern Ocean Medical Center, Stafford, New Jersey, USA; Department of Cardiology, Hackensack Meridian Health, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA.

Kyle WisemanDepartment of Cardiology, Hackensack Meridian Health, Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, New Jersey, USA.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundTakotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) frequently co-occurs with spontaneous coronary artery dissection, but its co-occurrence with extracoronary arterial dissections is rare. CASE SUMMARY: A 68-year-old woman with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and type 2 diabetes reported lower abdominal pain and vomiting amid severe emotional distress. Within hours of admission to the hospital, she developed acute coronary syndrome and was diagnosed with TC, which was managed with dual antiplatelet therapy. Six days later, she returned with acute-onset left-sided weakness due to an internal carotid artery (ICA) dissection. She underwent thrombolysis, followed by urgent endovascular stenting, resulting in full recovery. DISCUSSION: This is the first report of TC and ICA dissection occurring in rapid succession. The close temporal relationship between TC and ICA dissection in this case suggests a shared pathophysiological trigger. TAKE-HOME MESSAGE: TC can occur in association with both apparently spontaneous intracardiac and extracardiac arterial dissections.

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catecholaminesinternal carotid artery dissectionSCADspontaneous coronary artery dissectionTakotsubo cardiomyopathy

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PMID40713115

DOI10.1016/j.jaccas.2025.104133

PMCPMC12441557

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