title: Noninvasive detection of Takotsubo [corrected] cardiomyopathy using multi-detector row computed tomography.
abstract: We present a 60-year-old woman with chest pain preceded by emotional stress. Trans-thoracic echocardiography demonstrated localized left ventricular hypokinesis around the apical area. Multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) revealed no significant stenosis in the coronary arteries, which comfirmed Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy. We show here the usefulness of MDCT for the noninvasive differentiation of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy from acute coronary syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Himeji Cardiovascular Center, Hyogo, Japan.
authors.forename: Tetsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hara
authors.forename: Takatoshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: Ichiro
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Izawa
authors.forename: Teishi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kajiya
mesh_terms: D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods