title: A rare case of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy with variable forms of left ventricular dysfunction: a new entity.
abstract: We report a rare case of an 83-year-old woman with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, who presented with variable forms of left ventricular dysfunction during her clinical course. The distribution regional wall-motion abnormalities of the left ventricle on echocardiography had changed from a mid-ventricular ballooning type to the apical ballooning type 3 days from the onset. We suggest that these findings may indicate a new or variant entity of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.
authors: Tetsuro
authors: T
authors: Yoshida
authors: Toshihisa
authors: T
authors: Nishizawa
authors: Kazuhiro
authors: K
authors: Yajima
authors: Mariko
authors: M
authors: Tsuruoka
authors: Tetsuo
authors: T
authors: Fujimaki
authors: Mitsutoshi
authors: M
authors: Oguri
authors: Kimihiko
authors: K
authors: Kato
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Hibino
authors: Nobuyuki
authors: N
authors: Ohte
authors: Kiyoshi
authors: K
authors: Yokoi
authors: Genjiro
authors: G
authors: Kimura
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging