Case Report

Frequently Recurrent Takotsubo Syndrome in COPD

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Recurrent Takotsubo syndrome in a 70-year-old female COPD patient. A 70-year-old female patient with several underlying medical and psychiatric conditions presented to the ER in 4 different occasions due to severe acute dyspnea related to acute COPD exacerbation. In all occasions, new ECG abnormalities, elevated cardiac troponin levels, and ECHO-verified acute heart failure were observed. Coronary angiography was performed without signs of coronary stenosis. COPD: chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ECG: electrocardiogram; ER: emergency room.