title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 52 year old patient.
abstract: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is recently defined reversible left ventricular dysfunction and apical ballooning resembling acute myocardial infarction. Although electrocardiographic, echocardiographic, biochemical and clinical findings indicate a possible acute coronary syndrome, coronary angiography reveals normal epicardial coronary arteries without any obstructing lesion. Here we describe a 52 year old woman admitted with chest pain and ST elevation with mildly increased cardiac enzymes. She was diagnosed as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after 1 week of hospital stay and evaluation.
authors.forename: Atilla
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bitigen
authors.forename: Cihan
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cevik
authors.forename: Murat
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Biteker
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Can
authors.forename: Nihal
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ozdemir
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000175:diagnosis; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D017548:Echocardiography, Transesophageal; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D013318:Stroke Volume; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology