Case Report: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy caused by acute surgical pathology against the background of colorectal cancer
Journal: Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine
Year: 2025

We present a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) in a young woman who has developed necrosis and perforation of the sigmoid intestine with a spontaneous opening of the abscess in the abdominal cavity, which caused purulent peritonitis. The patient underwent emergency surgical intervention. The postoperative period was complicated by a clinic of acute respiratory failure and bilateral pneumonia. In five days after surgery, the patient developed laboratory and instrumental signs of acute myocar