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Shattered Hearts: Exploring Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Triggered by a Mechanical Fall in an 88-Year-Old Woman.

Girma M Ayele, Rediet Tefera Atalay, Kristin Slater, Shahnoza Dusmatova, Bamlak Gebremariam, Ahmed Brgdar, Miriam Michael, Fatima Urooj

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Girma M AyeleInternal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Rediet Tefera AtalayInternal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Kristin SlaterInternal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Shahnoza DusmatovaInternal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Bamlak GebremariamInternal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Ahmed BrgdarInternal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Miriam MichaelInternal Medicine, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.
Fatima UroojCardiovascular Disease, Howard University Hospital, Washington, D.C., USA.

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Abstract

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as "Broken Heart Syndrome," manifests when the heart muscle experiences sudden stun or weakening, typically triggered by intense emotional or physical stress. Common triggers include the death of a loved one, a severe accident, a heated argument, an unexpected loss, or a sudden illness, thus earning the syndrome its colloquial name, broken heart syndrome. The symptoms closely resemble those of acute myocardial ischemia. While emotional stress is a well-known trigger, blunt chest trauma has been reported as a trigger in only a few studies. Similar to emotional stress, blunt trauma can also induce a surge in catecholamines, leading to myocardial stunning and transient left ventricular dysfunction. We present a distinctive case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy following a minor ground-level fall, with no cardiac symptoms.

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broken heart syndromenon ischemic cardiomyopathystress cardiomyopathytakotsubo cardiomyopathytts

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PMID40400887
PMCPMC12092306

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