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. 2014 Jun 1;41(3):299-303.
doi: 10.14503/THIJ-14-4108. eCollection 2014 Jun.

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Ambar A Andrade  1 , Raymond F Stainback  1
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Ambar A Andrade et al. Tex Heart Inst J. .
No abstract available

Keywords: Apical ballooning syndrome; broken heart syndrome; cardiomyopathies; female; magnetic resonance imaging; sex factors; stress cardiomyopathy; takotsubo cardiomyopathy/diagnosis/drug therapy/epidemiology/etiology/physiology/physiopathology/psychology/surgery/therapy; ventricular dysfunction, left.

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Figures

Fig. 1.
Fig. 1.
Cross-sectional gated cardiac magnetic resonance image shows right ventricular and left ventricular akinesis (biventricular takotsubo) Supplemental motion image is available for Figure 1.
Fig. 2.
Fig. 2.
Electrocardiogram shows ST-segment elevation in the inferolateral leads in a 71-year-old patient who developed tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy after sustaining a spontaneous pneumothorax. Figures 3–7 show other aspects of this same case.
Fig. 3.
Fig. 3.
Coronary angiogram shows normal coronary arteries in the same patient (Fig. 2). Supplemental motion image is available for Figure 3.
Fig. 4.
Fig. 4.
Left ventriculogram shows apical akinesis in the same patient (Fig. 2). Supplemental motion image is available for Figure 4.
Fig. 5.
Fig. 5.
Echocardiographic apical 2-chamber view shows apical akinesis and a hypercontractile base in the same patient (Fig. 2). Supplemental motion image is available for Figure 5.
Fig. 6.
Fig. 6.
Echocardiographic apical 3-chamber view shows apical akinesis and a hypercontractile base in the same patient (Fig. 2). Supplemental motion image is available for Figure 6.
Fig. 7.
Fig. 7.
Apical 2-chamber echocardiographic view shows left ventricular thrombus in the same patient (Fig. 2). Supplemental motion image is available for Figure 7.
Fig. 8.
Fig. 8.
Serial single-photon emission computed tomographic left ventricular polar maps with corresponding left ventricular ejection fractions (EF) at 0, 48, and 96 hours. Reprinted from Heart Fail Clin 2013;9(2):123–36, vii. Sharkey, SW. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: natural history. Copyright (2013), with permission from Elsevier and SW Sharkey.
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