title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: assessment with cardiac MRI.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of this article is to show how MRI findings can be used to differentiate Takotsubo cardiomyopathy from acute coronary syndrome.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a disorder that mimics acute coronary syndrome. MRI can show not only edema in the ventricular wall, which is diffuse and without arterial territory distribution, but also motion abnormalities with typical akinesis in the apical and mid planes. Moreover, MRI can detect potential complications such as obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract or thrombus in the left ventricular cavity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiology, POVISA Hospital, Vigo, Pontevedra, Spain. gabriel.fdez.perez@gmail.com
authors.forename: Gabriel C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Fernández-Pérez
authors.forename: José Antonio
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Aguilar-Arjona
authors.forename: Gonzalo Tardáguila
authors.initials: GT
authors.lastname: de la Fuente
authors.forename: Marcelo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Samartín
authors.forename: Alejandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ghioldi
authors.forename: Juan Carlos
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Arias
authors.forename: Javier
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sánchez-González
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007089:Image Enhancement / Q000379:methods*; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008297:Male; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000473:pathology*