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cord-319540-kivk3h1k	Uhe, Tobias	Collateral damage: Fear from SARS-CoV2-infection causing Takotsubo cardiomyopathy	2020-07-13		.txt	text/plain	849	61	48	title: Collateral damage: Fear from SARS-CoV2-infection causing Takotsubo cardiomyopathy An 84-year-old male patient with known ischemic cardiomyopathy was admitted to the emergency department of Leipzig University Hospital with typical signs and symptoms of an acute coronary syndrome in the midst of the SARS-Cov2 pandemic on April 22, 2020. Echocardiography (Fig. 2) showed wall motion abnormalities with apical septal dyskinesis, mid ubiquitous akinesia and basal septal and anterior hypokinesis. Due to media reports, she was highly afraid of SARS-CoV2 infections for her husband and herself, because age and hypertension were communicated as high risk for a severe course of COVID-19. Her condition acutely and severely exacerbated when her husband was admitted to the hospital, which she felt would place him at a high risk of death, and because she was not allowed to visit him due to the SARS-CoV2-specific regulations. The patient was provided with psychological support and the SARS-CoV2-negative couple was allowed to meet.	./cache/cord-319540-kivk3h1k.txt	./txt/cord-319540-kivk3h1k.txt