Two cases of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in Caucasians.
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.
Assennato
Pasquale
P
Department of Cardiology, University of Palermo, Palermo, Italy.
Alfano
Rosa
R
Novo
Giuseppina
G
Fazio
Giovanni
G
Zito
Rosanna
R
Fernandez
Dalila
D
Carlino
Gabriella
G
Sutera
Loredana
L
Fazio
Marco
M
Hoffmann
Enrico
E
Novo
Salvatore
S
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