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Apical-ballooning syndrome [PDF]
The Lancet, 2007 Case presentation: A 60-year-old woman presented to the emergency department 2 hours after the onset of severe retrosternal chest pain that started soon after she was told that her son had died in a car accident. A 12-lead ECG demonstrated ST-elevation in the precordial leads (Figure 1), and the plasma troponin T level was elevated at 0.07 ng/mL.
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Oral anticoagulation in high risk Takotsubo syndrome: when should it be considered and when not?
BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2018 Standard pharmacological therapy in Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) is still debated and there is a lack of prospective data. In their recent work in BMC Cardiovascular Disorders Abanador-Kamper et al. found that stroke in TTS has an event rate of 2.8% after 30
Francesco Santoro +5 more
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Two Cases of Apical Ballooning Syndrome Masking Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
Texas Heart Institute Journal, 2014 Apical akinesis and dilation in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease is a typical feature of stress-induced (takotsubo) cardiomyopathy, whereas apical hypertrophy is seen in apical-variant hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. We report the cases of 2 patients who presented with takotsubo cardiomyopathy and were subsequently found to have apical ...
Ranjini Raina, Roy +4 more
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Case Reports in Cardiology, 2012 Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is characterized by transient akinesis of the left ventricular apex with basal wall hyperkinesis; this is also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
R. Zbinden, M. Mutter, D. Weishaupt
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Too Much Stress- A Rare Case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy [PDF]
Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2020 Takotsubo syndrome is a reversible, stress-induced transient systolic and diastolic dysfunction. It was first described as a characteristic ballooning of left ventricular apex which closely resembles a Japanese fishing pot.
Oorya Narayanan Balasubramani +1 more
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a Caucasian Italian woman: Case report
Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2007 Background Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is an acute cardiac syndrome characterized by transient LV regional wall motion abnormalities (with peculiar apical ballooning appearance), chest pain or dyspnea, ST-segment elevation and minor elevations of cardiac ...
Castellani Debora +11 more
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a snake bite victim: a case report
The Pan African Medical Journal, 2012 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also called stress-induced cardiomyopathy or transient apical ballooning, has been described as a novel cardiac syndrome of left ventricular apical ballooning, electrocardiographic changes, and minimal elevation of cardiac ...
Kichiro Murase, Kenji Takagi
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Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 2016 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) or stress-induced cardiomyopathy is also popularly referred to as “broken heart syndrome” or “apical ballooning syndrome”. [...]
Shiva P. Ponamgi, Abhishek Deshmukh
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Journal of Medical Case Reports, 2019 Background Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by chest symptoms, electrocardiographic changes, and new regional wall motion abnormality in the apical segment of the left ventricle in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Particularly,
Daishi Nonaka +3 more
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Iatreia, 2015 Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress-induced cardiomyopathy is often diagnosed as an acute coronary syndrome in postmenopausal women, because its clinical presentation may mimic an acute myocardial infarction: anginal chest pain, changes in the ST segment ...
Sénior, Juan Manuel +3 more
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