Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy (transient left ventricular apical ballooning): case report of a myocardial perfusion echocardiogram study.
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.
Upadya
Shrikanth P Y
SP
Bridgeport Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06610, USA. rslupa@bpthosp.org
Hoq
Sheikh M
SM
Pannala
Rahul
R
Alsous
Fadi
F
Tuohy
Edward
E
Zarich
Stuart
S
D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*