title: Two cases of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in Caucasians.
abstract: Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently described disease characterized by chest pain, transient left ventricular dysfunction and specific electrocardiographic changes. The disease takes its name from the typical left apical ballooning observed at left ventriculogram. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy was first described by Sato in 1990. Since then sporadic cases were reported by Japanese authors, and only a few European publications are available. We describe 2 cases of patients affected by this syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Pasquale
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Assennato
authors.forename: Rosa
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alfano
authors.forename: Giuseppina
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Novo
authors.forename: Giovanni
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.forename: Rosanna
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Zito
authors.forename: Dalila
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Fernandez
authors.forename: Gabriella
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Carlino
authors.forename: Loredana
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Sutera
authors.forename: Marco
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Fazio
authors.forename: Enrico
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Hoffmann
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Novo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013577:Syndrome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D044465:White People