Takotsubo Syndrome (Broken-Heart Syndrome or Stress Cardiomyopathy) in an Epileptic Pregnant Woman: A Case Report

Abstract

Stress cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo syndrome) is a rare and transient cardiac dysfunction that has been reported in pregnant women with multiple triggering conditions. In general, those cases recovered from the acute cardiac insult within a few weeks.We report a 33-year-old 22 weeks pregnant woman, who presented with an episode of status epilepticus and subsequently developed acute heart failure. She had full recovery within three weeks and continued her pregnancy till term. She became pregnant again two years after this initial insult, remained asymptomatic with stable cardiac function and had normal vaginal delivery at term.