Spontaneous Coronary Artery Dissection and the Takotsubo Syndrome: An Association to be Taken into Account
Journal: International Journal of Clinical Cardiology
Year: 2019

Spontaneous coronary artery dissection (SCAD) and Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) are two causes of acute non-arteriosclerotic myocardial infarction. These two entities share some characteristics such as greater involvement in women, preceded by an emotional stressor and an etiopathogeny not clearly known. Recently it has been seen that these two entities may be related. We describe a case of a young woman with a myocardial infarction due to a SCAD who developed a TTS.