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- Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a condition that causes temporary heart dysfunction without blocked arteries, often triggered by sudden stress.
- Patients with TTC can face severe complications like irregular heartbeats while hospitalized.
- This report discusses two cases where TTC occurred after patients received multiple electrical shocks during a medical emergency called an electrical storm, which was caused by a drug-induced long QT syndrome.
Article Abstract
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a syndrome characterized by acute transient ventricular dysfunction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease and is predominantly associated with exposure to sudden emotional or physical stress. Patients with TTC may develop serious in-hospital complications, including ventricular arrhythmias. However, triggering of TTC after an electrical storm has not previously been described. We present two cases of TTC induced by multiple shocks in the setting of an electrical storm due to pharmacologically induced long QT syndrome.
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