title: Unique phenotypes of typical and inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in young females.
abstract: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute cardiac syndrome characterized by transient left ventricular regional wall motion abnormalities (with peculiar apical ballooning appearance), chest pain or dyspnea, electrocardiographic changes and minor elevations of cardiac enzyme level in the absence of coronary artery disease. We present 3 cases of a transient cardiomyopathy, noted in young women with associated emotional, physical or pharmacologic triggering events, that are distinct in that they all manifested initially with acute pulmonary edema with systolic akinesis involving different LV segments with rapid recovery. It is a reversible cardiac condition that should be differentiated from ischemic and peripartum cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Sengupta Hospital and Medical Research Centre, Nagpur, Maharastra. senguptasp@gmail.com
authors.forename: Shantanu
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sengupta
authors.forename: Vikram
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Alsi
authors.forename: Vipul
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Mohan
authors.forename: Bimalpreet
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kaur
authors.forename: J C
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Mohan
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype; D011247:Pregnancy; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000523:psychology