title: A case of persistent apical ballooning complicated by apical thrombus in takotsubo cardiomyopathy of systemic lupus erythematosus patient.
abstract: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which is also known as "transient apical ballooning", is a cardiac syndrome associated with emotional and physical stress that occurs in postmenopausal women. It may mimic acute coronary syndrome but coronary angiography reveals normal epicardial coronary arteries. The prognosis is favorable with the normalization of wall motion abnormalities within weeks. We report a case of persistent apical ballooning complicated by an apical thrombus in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy of systemic lupus erythematous patient. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy may not be always transient and left ventricular thrombus can occur in the disease course as our patient.
authors.affiliation: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University Gospel Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: In Kyoung
authors.initials: IK
authors.lastname: Shim
authors.forename: Bong-Joon
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Hyunsu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Jae-Woo
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: Tae-Joon
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Cha
authors.forename: Jung Ho
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Heo
keywords: Persistent apical ballooning; Systemic lupus erythematosus; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Thrombus