A rare association of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with neuroleptic malignant syndrome

Authors

Waqas Ullah, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow
Muhammad Arslan Cheema, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow
Ammar Ashfaq, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow
Maryam Mukhtar, Rawal Pindi Institute of Cardiology
Zain Ali, Abington Jefferson HealthFollow
Mamoon Ur Rashid, AdventHealth,
Vincent Figueredo, Saint Mary Medical Center

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

5-21-2020

Comments

This article is the author’s final published version in Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives, Volume 10, Issue 2, May 2020, Pages 133-137.

The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2020.1742522. Copyright © Ullah et al.

Publication made possible in part by support from the Thomas Jefferson University + Philadelphia University Open Access Fund

Abstract

Neuroleptic malignant syndrome is a potentially fatal neurological condition secondary toantipsychotic medication. It is characterized by distinctive clinical findings and autonomicdisturbances. NMS has not been associated with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM).

TCM is an abnormal response to physiological stressors resulting from the autonomicabnormalities which at times can mimic myocardial infarction (MI). We present a unique caseof a 54-year-old female with bipolar disease presenting with lithium and haloperidol-inducedNMS complicated by TCM. The purpose of this case is to make clinicians aware of this rareassociation.

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Recommended Citation

Ullah, Waqas; Cheema, Muhammad Arslan; Ashfaq, Ammar; Mukhtar, Maryam; Ali, Zain; Rashid, Mamoon Ur; and Figueredo, Vincent, "A rare association of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with neuroleptic malignant syndrome" (2020). Abington Jefferson Health Papers. Paper 26.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/abingtonfp/26

Language

English