A Chinese patient with severe takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
A 66-year-old woman presented with acute pulmonary edema followed by cardiogenic shock. Emergency left ventriculography demonstrated typical apical ballooning of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Coronary angiogram and intravascular ultrasonography did not reveal significant coronary artery disease. Within days, the left ventricular systolic function returned to normal.
Tsui
Ping-Tim
PT
Cheung
Kar-Chun
KC
Lau
Chun-Leung
CL
Choy
Chi-Chung
CC
D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D020127:Recovery of Function; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D014463:Ultrasonography