Recurrent Tako-Tsubo Syndrome following repeated similar road traffic accidents

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Maeve Cahill
Gordon Pate*

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Tako-Tsubo Syndrome (TS) is a reversible cardiomyopathy that typically affects women with a history of anxiety, who have experienced a stressful event up to five days prior to presentation. We present the case of a woman who presented with recurring episodes of TS following two near-identical road traffic accidents, four years apart, including multiple imaging modalities.

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Cahill, M., & Pate, G. (2020). Recurrent Tako-Tsubo Syndrome following repeated similar road traffic accidents. Journal of Cardiovascular Medicine and Cardiology, 7(4), 308–311. https://doi.org/10.17352/2455-2976.000158
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