A case of broken heart syndrome via the telephone: socially distant outpatient clinics in the COVID-19 pandemic (Letter)
Abstract
A 69‐year‐old woman presented to the emergency department with central dull chest pain. Electrocardiography revealed Q waves and ST elevation in the inferior leads and cardiac troponin I was elevated at 1506 ng/L (normal range <10). She was taken for emergent coronary angiography, which demonstrated chronic occlusion of her right coronary artery, left ventricular ejection fraction of 34% and basal hyperkinesis with mid‐ventricular and apical dyskinesis consistent with takotsubo syndrome (Fig. 1).A 69‐year‐old woman presented to the emergency department with central dull chest pain. Electrocardiography revealed Q waves and ST elevation in the inferior leads and cardiac troponin I was elevated at 1506 ng/L (normal range <10). She was taken for emergent coronary angiography, which demonstrated chronic occlusion of her right coronary artery, left ventricular ejection fraction of 34% and basal hyperkinesis with mid‐ventricular and apical dyskinesis consistent with takotsubo syndrome (Fig. 1).
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Journal Title
Internal Medicine Journal
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This publication has been entered in Griffith Research Online as an advanced online version.
Subject
Cardiovascular medicine and haematology
Clinical sciences