Year: 2025
Type: article
Study design: Case Report
Abstract: ABSTRACT This case report highlights a temporal relationship between dexamethasone administration and the onset of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, underscoring the importance of recognizing pharmacologic agents as potential non‐traditional triggers, particularly in patients with underlying cardiovascular disease and no identifiable emotional or physical stressors. Diagnosis favored a dexamethasone‐triggered Takotsubo phenotype based on non‐obstructive coronaries, regional wall‐motion abnormalities extending beyond a single arterial territory, absence of alternate stressors, and biologic plausibility of steroid‐mediated catecholaminergic upregulation.
Source: Clinical Case Reports
DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.71047
Authors: Qutaiba Qafisheh, Roaa Aljunaidi, Abdalhakim Shubietah, Mohammed AbuBaha, Hossam Salameh, Muath Baniowda, Mohanad Qwaider, Mohammad Alqadi, Imad Hariri
Language: English
Subfield: Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,820
OpenAlex ID: W4414775786