Stress cardiomyopathy may mimic the diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) in emergency rooms. This paper describes a female patient with clinical AMI symptoms. After she was submitted to coronary angiography, the diagnosis was changed to stress cardiomyopathy. It is therefore important to acknowledge this case because the characteristics, treatment and prognosis of this syndrome are different from those of an AMI.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Ventricular dysfunction, left; Stress; Stress, psychological
