Seizures and recurrence of Takotsubo syndrome: One clinical presentation and trigger, but two different anatomical variants in the same patient. A case to meditate on

Seizure. 2018 Dec:63:37-39. doi: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.10.014. Epub 2018 Oct 26.

Authors

G Binaghi¹, D Congia², S Cossa³, R Ganga⁴, G Giardina², G Matta³, W Merella⁵, M Melis⁵, D Pasqualucci², E Serra², M Porcu²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy. Electronic address: giulio.binaghi@aob.it.
² Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.
³ Department of Radiology, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.
⁴ Department of Interne Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.
⁵ Department of Neurology, Azienda Ospedaliera Brotzu, Cagliari, Italy.

PMID: 30396042
DOI: 10.1016/j.seizure.2018.10.014

No abstract available

Keywords: SUDEP; Seizures; Status epilepticus; Takotsubo; Takotsubo recurrence.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Female
Humans
Status Epilepticus / complications*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / physiopathology*