title: A case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy mimicking an acute coronary syndrome.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  A 71-year-old woman presented with severe chest pain after an episode of acute emotional distress. Her serum levels of cardiac enzymes were slightly elevated and electrocardiography revealed anterior ST-segment elevations. Significant coronary stenoses were excluded. A left ventriculogram revealed apical ballooning and a hypercontractile basal segment.
  
  
  METHODS
  Serum cardiac enzyme measurements, echocardiography, coronary angiography and left ventriculography.
  
  
  METHODS
  Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Treatment with beta-blockers, aspirin, angiotensin-converting-enzyme inhibitors, and intravenous diuretics.
authors.affiliation: Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA.
authors.forename: Mark D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Metzl
authors.forename: Erik J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Altman
authors.forename: Daniel M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Spevack
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doddamani
authors.forename: Mark I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Travin
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Ostfeld
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis*; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D013577:Syndrome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left / Q000502:physiology