Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by apical thrombus formation: a case report.
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare, stress-related cardiomyopathy that occurs in postmenopausal women after emotional or physiological stressors. The prognosis is favorable with normalization of wall motion abnormalities within weeks. We report a rare case of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by a left thrombus. Coronary angiography showed normal coronary arteries, although the echocardiography demonstrated the ballooning of the apex with hyperkinesis of the base in addition to a left ventricular thrombus. It is thought that this thrombus may have been caused by left ventricular dyskinesis. After short-term anticoagulant therapy, echocardiography revealed complete resolution of the left ventricular thrombus.
Yoshida
Tetsuro
T
Hibino
Takeshi
T
Fujimaki
Tetsuo
T
Oguri
Mitsutoshi
M
Kato
Kimihiko
K
Yajima
Kazuhiro
K
Ohte
Nobuyuki
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Yokoi
Kiyoshi
K
Kimura
Genjiro
G
D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003328:Coronary Thrombosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography