Cardiac tamponade secondary to leptospirosis. A rare association: A case report.

Herein is described the case of a 39-year-old female agronomist who was admitted to hospital after a syncopal episode. She had had fever, abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for the previous month. The patient showed signs of hypoperfusion, so a trans-thoracic echocardiography was done, demonstrating the presence of a cardiac tamponade.

[Tako-tsubo syndrome: analysis of a series of 60 cases].

Background And Objective: The Tako-tsubo syndrome (TS) is a reversible acute cardiomyopathy simulating an infarction. We analyzed 60 patients admitted with TS in our center.

Patients And Method: A percentage of 73.