Tako-Tsubo syndrome after an exercise echocardiography

Abstract The Tako-Tsubo syndrome is a clinical entity recently described that associate a chest pain occurring during a stress, an abnormal ECG and/or an increase in the troponin blood level and a transient left ventricular dysfunction with an akinesis involving generally the midsection and the apex...

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Published in:International journal of cardiology 2008-07, Vol.127 (3), p.420-422
Main Authors: Digne, F, Paillole, C, Pillière, R, Elayi, S.C, Gérardin, B, Dib, J.C, Dahan, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Automatic tone
Cardiovascular
Echocardiography, Stress - adverse effects
Exercise echocardiography
Exercise Test - adverse effects
Female
Humans
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - diagnosis
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - etiology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy - physiopathology
Time Factors
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Summary:Abstract The Tako-Tsubo syndrome is a clinical entity recently described that associate a chest pain occurring during a stress, an abnormal ECG and/or an increase in the troponin blood level and a transient left ventricular dysfunction with an akinesis involving generally the midsection and the apex of the heart. It has also been reported that left ventricle (LV) dysfunction may involve only the midventricle, although it seems less common. We report the case of a 66 year old woman that developed a stress-induced cardiomyopathy (Tako-Tsubo syndrome) involving the midventricle when performing an exercise echocardiography. To our knowledge, this is the first case reported in such circumstances.
ISSN:0167-5273
1874-1754
DOI:10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.04.088