title: [Tako-tsubo syndrome - the cardiomyopathy induced by stress may occur at any age. Two cases report].
abstract: We present two cases of young women admitted to the hospital due to clinical and electrocardiographic features of ST elevation acute coronary syndrome. Coronary angiography revealed normal coronary arteries and echocardiography revealed typical for apical ballooning syndrome pictures, which gradually disappeared. Due to these findings the diagnosis of transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome was established. In one patient thyreotoxicosis was also detected.
authors.affiliation: Swietokrzyskie Centrum Kardiologii, Wojewódzki Szpital Zespolony, ul. Grunwaldzka 45, 25-736 Kielce. malkol@esculap.pl
authors.forename: Małgorzata
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kołodziej
authors.forename: Halina
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brzyzkiewicz
authors.forename: Marianna
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Janion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012307:Risk Factors; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology