Takotsubo cardiomyopathy -— a case report Authors Ali Nawaz Khan Department of Medicine, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan Erum Shahzadi Malik Department of Medicine, PNS Shifa Hospital, Karachi, Pakistan admin DOI: https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6361 Keywords: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Rare Cardiac Syndrome, Teenage Girl, Karachi, Pakistan Abstract Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy is a cardiac syndrome of rare type involving apical akinesis of the left ventricle. Symptoms of acute myocardial infarction, i.e. chest pain, S-T changes, and positive cardiac enzymes, are observed in patients with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Cardiac angiography of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy patients manifest left ventricular apical ballooning with no remarkable coronary artery stenosis. Mostly the cases are managed on the lines of treatment for Acute Coronary Syndrome. We present a case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a teenage girl from Karachi, Pakistan. The prevalence of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Pakistan is yet to be mapped due to its rarity. Key Words: Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Rare Cardiac Syndrome, Teenage Girl, Karachi, Pakistan. Downloads Full Text Article Published 2023-03-15 How to Cite Khan, A. N., Malik, E. S., & admin. (2023). Takotsubo cardiomyopathy -— a case report. Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association, 73(4), 919–921. https://doi.org/10.47391/JPMA.6361 More Citation Formats ACM ACS APA ABNT Chicago Harvard IEEE MLA Turabian Vancouver Download Citation Endnote/Zotero/Mendeley (RIS) BibTeX Issue Vol. 73 No. 4 (2023): April Section CASE REPORT License Copyright (c) 2023 Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.