Takotsubo syndrome - different presentations for a single disease: A case report and review of literature

Table 1 Overview of clinical presentation of the 3 cases

	Sex	Age	Trigger	Clinical presentation	ECG abnormalities	Type of motility defect	LVEF	Peak hsTroponin	Follow- up	Recurrence
Case 1	Male	57	Surgery / Anesthetic induction	Ventricular arrhythmia and cardiogenic shock	ST depression leads V1 to V5 QTc: 500 mseg	Basal	35%	950 pg/mL	15 mo	No
Case 2	Female	53	Emotional stress	Acute myocardial infarction without ST elevation	ST depression leads V4 to V6, DI and aVL	Midventricular	60%	108 pg/mL	38 mo	No
					QTc: 490 mseg
Case 3	Female	70	Spinal aneurysm rupture	Acute myocardial infarction with ST elevation and shock	2 mm ST elevation leads V1 to V4	Apical ballooning, LV outflow tract obstruction	45%	240 pg/mL	16 mo	No
					QTc: 510 mseg

ECG: Electrocardiography; hsTroponin: high-sensitivity troponin; LVEF: Left ventricular ejection fraction.