Documentation of early improvement of left ventricular function in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.
An 86-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of chest pain after a heated argument with her daughter. Electrocardiogram showed ST-segment elevation in leads V2-3 and T wave inversion in leads V3-6. Emergency cardiac catheterization was performed 2 h after the onset of chest pain. Coronary angiography showed no significant coronary artery disease. However, left ventriculography showed apical akinesis and basal hyperkinesis (ejection fraction=42%). She was diagnosed as having tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. Follow-up left ventriculography showed marked improvement of the left ventricular function (ejection fraction=74%) during only 41 h. She was discharged 3 days later.
Kurisu
Satoshi
S
Inoue
Ichiro
I
Kawagoe
Takuji
T
Ishihara
Masaharu
M
Shimatani
Yuji
Y
Nakama
Yasuharu
Y
Ohkawa
Keisuke
K
Maruhashi
Tatsuya
T
Kagawa
Eisuke
E
Dai
Kazuoki
K
Aokage
Toshiyuki
T
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013997:Time Factors; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left