A case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: transient left ventricular apical ballooning

Hong Kong Med J. 2006 Oct;12(5):388-90.

Abstract

A 78-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with central chest pain and the electrocardiographic and cardiac marker changes typical of acute anterior myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed normal epicardial coronary arteries, and left ventriculography showed apical akinesis as well as basal hyperkinesis. This is a case of transient left ventricular apical ballooning or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, possibly attributable to catecholamine-mediated myocardial stunning.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis*
  • Cardiomyopathies / physiopathology
  • Coronary Angiography
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology