title: Recurrence of takotsubo cardiomyopathy with variant forms of left ventricular dysfunction.
abstract: Apical ballooning syndrome, or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a syndrome characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction, frequently presenting with electrocardiographic changes and elevated cardiac biomarkers in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. We describe a case where repeated emotional stress caused recurrent ventricular dysfunction in varying regions of the left ventricle.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Klinik III, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany. erwin_blessing@med.uni-heidelberg.de <erwin_blessing@med.uni-heidelberg.de>
authors.forename: Erwin
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Blessing
authors.forename: Henning
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Steen
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rosenberg
authors.forename: Hugo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Katus
authors.forename: Norbert
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Frey
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012008:Recurrence; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis