Stress cardiomyopathy: transient basal ballooning.
Stress cardiomyopathy is a reversible left ventricular dysfunction triggered by emotional stress. We describe a variant of transient left ventricular ballooning in a patient in which basal and midventricular segments are affected. This confirms that there is not just one ventricular dysfunction pattern in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. The involvement of only the basal and midventricle segments is an intriguing observation with no clear explanation; furthermore, there are no predictive factors for the differently sited wall motion abnormalities.
Cacciotti
Luca
L
Cardiology Unit, Madre Giuseppina Vannini Hospital, Rome, Italy. lcuccc@libero.it
Camastra
Giovanni S
GS
Musarò
Salvatore
S
Proietti
Igino
I
Semeraro
Raffaella
R
Martina
Cristina
C
Lupparelli
Fabrizio
F
Ansalone
Gerardo
G
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004359:Drug Therapy, Combination; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D020127:Recovery of Function; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left
D002317:Cardiovascular Agents