title: Inverted-takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient with pulmonary embolism.
abstract: As the use of early coronary angiography and echocardiography become widely available in the setting of acute coronary syndrome, the gradual increase for variant forms of transient left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning syndrome have been recognized. This syndrome usually occurs in women and is frequently elicited by an intense emotional, psychological, and physical event. While the patients' characteristics between typical and non-typical LV ballooning syndrome seem to differ, the presentation, clinical features, and reversibility of LV wall motion abnormalities are similar. We present a middle-aged woman who experienced inverted takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by pulmonary embolism. To the best of our knowledge, this case is particularly unique and is rarely reported in the disease entity.
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Seung-Hyun
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Dong-Hyun
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Min-Suk
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Jang-Won
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Kyung-Min
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Nam
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Young-Sun
authors.initials: YS
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.affiliation: Cardiology Division, Department of Internal Medicine, Wallace Memorial Baptist Hospital, Busan, Korea.
authors.forename: Joon-Hoon
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Jeong
keywords: Pulmonary embolism; Stress cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy