Tako-Tsubo Syndrome Triggered by a Fibroscopy: Case Report

TL;DR

A 63-year-old woman developed Tako-Tsubo syndrome after a fibroscopy, highlighting the need to consider this condition in patients with chest pain and stress.

Contribution

Reports a rare case linking fibroscopy to Tako-Tsubo syndrome in a woman without cardiac risk factors.

Findings

Tako-Tsubo syndrome occurred in a patient with no cardiac risk factors following a fibroscopy.

The case emphasizes the importance of considering Tako-Tsubo syndrome in women presenting acute chest pain after physical stress.

No coronary obstruction was found, confirming the diagnosis of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy.

Abstract

Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy, also called stress cardiopathy, is a rare syndrome characterized by transient regional systolic dysfunction. It can mimic myocardial infarction but the absence of coronary obstruction allows to redress the diagnosis. Its pathogenesis is not well understood. However, the role of physical or emotional stress has often been associated with this pathology.

Here we report, a rare case of a 63-year-old female, with no cardiac risk factors, who presented Tako-Tsubo syndrome after a fibroscopy. This case aims to show that Tako-Tsubo syndrome should be suspected in patients, especially women, with no cardiac risk factors, who present acute chest pain in the context of physical or emotional stress, after excluding differential diagnoses.

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