International Journal of Cardiology 179 (2015) 193–194

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Letter to the Editor

Vagotonia, cancer, and fluid depletion in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: The “not” good, the bad and the ugly Luisa De Gennaro a,1, Natale Daniele Brunetti b,⁎,1, Massimo Ruggiero a,1, David Rutigliano a,1, Cosimo Campanella a,1, Francesco Santoro b,1, Andrea Igoren Guaricci c,1, Matteo Di Biase b,1, Pasquale Caldarola a,1 a b c

Cardiology Department, Ospedale San Paolo, Bari, Italy Department of Medical & Surgical Sciences, University of Foggia, Italy Cardiology Department, Ospedali Riuniti, Foggia, Italy

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Article history: Received 24 October 2014 Accepted 26 October 2014 Available online 11 November 2014 Keywords: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Stress cardiomyopathy Vagotonia Cancer Fluid depletion

values and for counteracting left ventricular depletion, commonly found in subjects with Takotsubo syndrome and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction [10,11]. Likewise, vagotonia is not uncommon in patients with stress cardiomyopathy [12–14], sometimes apparently precipitating the progression to apical ballooning [15,16]. A mild transient attenuation of the QRS complexes in ECGs was also observed [17], mainly in precordial leads. Conflict of interest statement Authors have no potential conflict of interest to disclose. References

To the Editor, We read with great interest the letter by Dr. Madias [1] commenting on a case report of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in an old woman in distress while taking a swim off coast [2]. The paper sharply focuses on three unpleasant buddies of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: cancer, vagotonia and fluid depletion. We agree that an increasing amount of evidence is linking stress cardiomyopathy with malignancies [3,4], chemotherapy [5] and neoplastic pain [6]. However, the exact underlying mechanism, beyond presumable stressor such as pain and poor general conditions, is not well known. Our patient, with pulmonary edema and hypotension, was treated with both fluids and low dose slow flow infusion diuretics, a usual expedient when diuretics are required in the presence of low systolic pressure values [7–9]. Fluid infusion may be useful in subjects with stress cardiomyopathy both for sustaining lower arterial blood pressure ⁎ Corresponding author at: Cardiology Department, University of Foggia, Viale Pinto 1, 71100 Foggia, Italy. E-mail address: [email protected] (N.D. Brunetti). 1 Ospedale San Paolo, Cardiology Department, Bari, University of Foggia, Cardiology Department, Foggia, Italy.

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