title: Rare Complication of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Ventricular Septal Perforation with Septal Dissection.
abstract: We describe a rare case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by acute ventricular septal perforation with ventricular septal dissection. The ventricular perforation was successfully closed by repairing the dissecting site with a bovine pericardial patch.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization Osaka Rosai Hospital, Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miyake
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization Osaka Rosai Hospital, Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshihiro
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Funatsu
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization Osaka Rosai Hospital, Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Haruhiko
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kondoh
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Japan Labour Health and Welfare Organization Osaka Rosai Hospital, Nagasone-cho, Kita-ku, Sakai, Japan.
authors.forename: Kazuhiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Taniguchi
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D000818:Animals; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D002417:Cattle; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010496:Pericardium / Q000637:transplantation; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications*; D018658:Ventricular Septal Rupture / Q000209:etiology*