Alternative presentation of tako-tsubo syndrome with spontaneous echo-contrast and "onion" shaped apical ballooning.
We report the case of a 79-year-old woman with transient left ventricular systolic dysfunction with apical ballooning (tako-tsubo like syndrome, TTS) showing an alternative newly reported "onion" shape. The patient was also characterized by atrial fibrillation and marked spontaneous echo-contrast: possible precipitating role for these conditions in TTS are discussed.
Brunetti
Natale Daniele
ND
Cardiology Department, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. dr.natale.daniele.brunetti@hotmail.it
Ieva
Riccardo
R
Correale
Michele
M
De Gennaro
Luisa
L
Pellegrino
Pier Luigi
PL
Dioguardi
Ezio
E
Di Biase
Matteo
M
D000368:Aged; D001281:Atrial Fibrillation / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology; D014463:Ultrasonography