Atypical presentation of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Phani Surapaneni, Satya S Vittala, Karyne L Vinales, Mohammad Q Najib, Hari P Chaliki

Division of Cardiovascular Diseases, Mayo Clinic, 13400 E Shea Blvd., Scottsdale, AZ 85259, USA.

European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology 2011 Apr

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Midventricular ballooning syndrome, an atypical variant of takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM), is characterized by transient wall motion abnormalities of the midsegment of the left ventricle with apical sparing. In contrast to the typical form of TCM, apical contractility is preserved and may even be hyperkinetic in midventricular TCM. We present a case of atypical TCM in an 86-year-old woman who had chest pain while accompanying her husband in the emergency department as he was evaluated for chest pain.

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Phani Surapaneni, Satya S Vittala, Karyne L Vinales, Mohammad Q Najib, Hari P Chaliki. Atypical presentation of takotsubo cardiomyopathy. European journal of echocardiography : the journal of the Working Group on Echocardiography of the European Society of Cardiology. 2011 Apr;12(4):E31