Ventricular Septal Perforation after Biventricular Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Successfully Repaired with an Amplatzer Device: First Report in the Literature

Table 1

Treatment and clinical outcome in patients with takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated with ventricular septal perforation.

Reference [4]	Case  1	Case  2	Case  3	Case  4	Case  5
Age	71	73	84	81	79
Cardiogenic shock	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
Left ventricular ejection fraction on admission (%)	25	49	Not done	67.2	41
Invasive treatment	Surgical repair	Surgical repair	None	None	Percutaneous closure with Amplatzer device
In-hospital outcome	Survival	Survival	Death	Death	Survival