Pericarditis in Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

Table 1

Reported cases with regards to TC and pericarditis association.

Authors	Year	Age/sex	Preceding events	Following events	Time difference	Treatment	Outcome
Guevara et al. [2]	2007	84/F	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy	Cardiogenic shock, pericarditis	9 days	NSAID	Dramatic improvement (chest pain resolved)
Lee et al. [3]	2008	75/F	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy	Pericarditis and pericardial effusion	7 weeks	NSAID	Chest pain resolved
Maruyama et al. [4]	2007	65/F	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy	Pericarditis	3 days	NSAID	Chest pain resolved
Yeh et al. [5]	2010	83/F	Takotsubo cardiomyopathy	Cardiac tamponade	Immediately after	Pericardiocentesis	Follow-up echocardiogram 2 weeks after discharge shows normal EF and wall motion
Lee et al. [6]	2010	14/M	Presented as pericarditis, found to have; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy			Pericardiocentesis	Gradually recovered. MRI at 14 days after the initial symptoms shows normal LV function and normal coronary arteries
Cambronero et al. [7]	2010	74/F	Pericarditis suspected initially based on; typical ECG and symptom. Echo and; subsequent ECG reveal Takotsubo cardiomyopathy				Discharged on the 9th day with normal EF
Li et al. [8]	2010	67/F	Pericarditis suspected initially based on; typical ECG. Echo reveals Takotsubo; cardiomyopathy			NSAID	Follow-up echocardiogram 4 weeks after discharge shows large pericardial effusion with cardiac tamponade. Pericardial window formation was done and patient recovers in a week
Jimmy and Foo [9]	2011	86/F	Pericarditis suspected initially based on; typical ECG. Echo reveals Takotsubo; cardiomyopathy				Not mentioned