title: Value of gadolinium-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging in patients with Tako-Tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction.
abstract: We present gadolinium-enhanced cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) in Tako-Tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction showing the findings in acute phase and in follow-up. Gadolinium-enhanced CMRI allows to distinguish between myocardial infarction and other myocardial alterations, e.g., myocarditis. CMRI may thus permit to non-invasively identify patients with Tako-Tsubo syndrome by ruling out myocardial infarction or myocarditis in the setting of wall motion abnormalities (WMA).
authors: Department of Cardiology/Cardiovascular Imaging, Kerckhoff-Heart Center, Bad Nauheim, Germany. a.deetjen@kerckhoff-klinik.de
authors: Anja G
authors: AG
authors: Deetjen
authors: Guido
authors: G
authors: Conradi
authors: Susanne
authors: S
authors: Mollmann
authors: Ali
authors: A
authors: Rad
authors: Christian W
authors: CW
authors: Hamm
authors: Thorsten
authors: T
authors: Dill