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It is typically characterized by apical ballooning, or less commonly, akinesia of the midsegments of the left ventricle, commonly triggered by acute emotional stress and therefore also known as \u201cbroken\u2010heart syndrome\u201d and \u201cstress\u2010induced cardiomyopathy.\u201d<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Case<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In this article, we present a case of a 26\u2010year\u2010old female patient pregnant with dichorionic\u2013diamniotic twins, who developed TTS peripartum following emergency cesarean section due to premature membrane rupture at 33 weeks of gestation. On the first postoperative day, she suddenly developed dyspnea with desaturation to 80% oxygen on pulse oximetry. She became hypotensive and tachycardic. An electrocardiogram revealed T\u2010wave inversion in aVL and ST\u2010segment changes in leads V4\u2013V6. An assay of cardiac enzymes was elevated. In order to exclude acute myocardial infarction and pulmonary thromboembolism, CT angiography of the lungs and coronary arteries was performed. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed akinesia of the midsegments of the left ventricle and a moderately reduced ejection fraction. After the introduction of cardioprotective therapy with bisoprolol 1.25\u2009mg, her ECG normalized. She was normotensive, normocardic, and oxygen saturation on pulse oximetry was within the normal range.<\/jats:p>\n                    <jats:p>The echocardiogram on the 11th postpartum\/postoperative day revealed partial spontaneous regression of segmental motion disorders and improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction. On the day of discharge, the patient was eupnoic with normal oxygen saturation without supplemental oxygen. She was normotensive and normocardic. The uterus was appropriately contracted, lochia normal, and the wound was healing normally. She was breastfeeding. She was prescribed with bisoprolol 1.25\u2009mg once daily until follow\u2010up heart ultrasound 6 months after the discharge.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>In a state that suggests cardiac emergency, TTS should be considered among other differential diagnoses, such as myocardial infarction, acute myocarditis, pulmonary embolism, and peripartal cardiomyopathy. It is very important to differentiate TTS from peripartal cardiomyopathy because of the differences in management and prognosis. The clinical awareness and holistic approach to differential diagnosis are crucial for management of acute heart failure after cesarean section.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1155\/crog\/3203364","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,12]],"date-time":"2026-08-12T06:11:51Z","timestamp":1786515111000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Takotsubo Syndrome After Emergency Cesarean Delivery in Twin Pregnancy: A Rare Cause of Acute Postpartum Heart Failure"],"prefix":"10.1155","volume":"2026","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0009-0004-9478-3284","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Kenana","family":"Ljuca","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2708-9175","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Miha","family":"Lu\u010dovnik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-2166-7720","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Marta","family":"Cviji\u0107","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-4864-7244","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jana","family":"Ambro\u017ei\u010d","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,8,11]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_14_1_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehy077"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1002\/ejhf.424"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1093\/eurheartj\/ehy076"},{"key":"e_1_2_14_4_2","first-page":"76","article-title":"Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy or Broken Heart Syndrome","volume":"34","author":"Virani S. 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