TY - JOUR
T1 - Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy (transient left ventricular apical ballooning)
T2 - Case report of a myocardial perfusion echocardiogram study
AU - Upadya, Shrikanth P.Y.
AU - Hoq, Sheikh M.
AU - Pannala, Rahul
AU - Alsous, Fadi
AU - Tuohy, Edward
AU - Zarich, Stuart
PY - 2005/8
Y1 - 2005/8
N2 - We are reporting a case of Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy (transient left ventricular apical ballooning) in the Western population identified by a perfusion echocardiogram that demonstrated perfusion defect at baseline in the apical and adjacent walls that was incongruous to the wall-motion abnormality. The perfusion defect improved within 72 hours on a repeated study indicating that microvasculature disruption is a key feature of this enigmatic cardiomyopathy.
AB - We are reporting a case of Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy (transient left ventricular apical ballooning) in the Western population identified by a perfusion echocardiogram that demonstrated perfusion defect at baseline in the apical and adjacent walls that was incongruous to the wall-motion abnormality. The perfusion defect improved within 72 hours on a repeated study indicating that microvasculature disruption is a key feature of this enigmatic cardiomyopathy.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.echo.2004.10.024
DO - 10.1016/j.echo.2004.10.024
M3 - Article
C2 - 16084345
AN - SCOPUS:23444450897
SN - 0894-7317
VL - 18
SP - 883
JO - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
JF - Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
IS - 8
ER -