Article type: Letter to the Editor
Article title: Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Journal: Neurology India
Year: 2023
Authors: Jamir Pitton Rissardo, Ana LetÃcia Fornari Caprara
E-mail: jamirrissardo@gmail.com
ABSTRACT
The present case described Takotsubo cardiomyopathy as secondary to psychogenic non-epileptic seizures. To the authors' knowledge, no reports in the literature describe this association. We systematically reviewed PubMed using a set of terms that included “Takotsubo” and “seizure.” There are 40 reports containing 43 cases of the association Takotsubo and seizures.
Keywords: Epilepsy; seizure; pnes; takotsubo; cardiomyopathy.
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DOI
10.4103/0028-3886.378710
Citation
Rissardo JP, Fornari Caprara AL. Psychogenic Non-Epileptic Seizures and Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy. Neurol India 2023;71:563-4.
