Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic: Caused by the virus or the demands of the many being placed on the few?

Mustafa Mohammed; Samer Zakhour; Jasneet Devgun; James Lee; Thomas Keimig; Dee Dee Wang

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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic: Caused by the virus or the demands of the many being placed on the few?

European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine (2020) 7(12)

DOI: 10.12890/2020_002088

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We present a case of Takotsubo (stress-induced) cardiomyopathy (TCM) in a healthcare worker that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic. TCM, or broken-heart syndrome, has various presentations. This case sheds light on how stress due to the COVID-19 pandemic may cause cardiac illness in healthcare workers.

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Mohammed, M., Zakhour, S., Devgun, J., Lee, J., Keimig, T., & Wang, D. D. (2020). Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic: Caused by the virus or the demands of the many being placed on the few? European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7(12). https://doi.org/10.12890/2020_002088

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a healthcare worker during the COVID-19 pandemic: Caused by the virus or the demands of the many being placed on the few?

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