Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by wasabi consumption: Can sushi break your heart?

Alona Finkel-Oron; Judith Olchowski; Alan Jotkowitz; Leonid Barski

doi:https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-230065

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by wasabi consumption: Can sushi break your heart?

Alona Finkel-Oron, Judith Olchowski, Alan Jotkowitz, Leonid Barski

Medical School for International Health

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

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Abstract

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a left ventricular dysfunction that typically occurs after sudden intense emotional or physical stress and mimics myocardial infarction. We describe a case of a 60-year-old woman that presented to the emergency department with chest pain after she attended a wedding and ate a large amount of wasabi, assuming it to be an avocado. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by wasabi consumption.

Original language	American English
Article number	e230065
Journal	BMJ Case Reports
Volume	12
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2019-230065
State	Published - 1 Sep 2019

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cardiovascular medicine
interventional cardiology

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General Medicine

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