title: Left ventricular thrombus associated with takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a cardioembolic cause of cerebral infarction.
abstract: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called stress-induced cardiomyopathy, usually occurs in patients with severe emotional or physiologic stress. The prognosis is favorable, and the wall motion abnormlities normalize within weeks. However, stress-induced cardiomyopathy is rarely assosicated with left ventricular thrombus and thromboembolic complications. Here, we report a case of stress-induced cardiomyopathy with left ventricular thrombus that embolized to cause cerebral infarction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Regional Cardiocerebrovascular Center, Wonkwang University Hospital, Iksan, Korea.
authors.forename: Seoung-Nam
authors.initials: SN
authors.lastname: Shin
authors.forename: Kyeong Ho
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Yun
authors.forename: Jum Suk
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Sang Jae
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Rhee
authors.forename: Nam Jin
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: Nam-Ho
authors.initials: NH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Seok Kyu
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Oh
authors.forename: Jin-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Jeong
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