منابع مشابه
Atypical form of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
To cite: Jouhra F, Dworakowski R, MacCarthy P. BMJ Case Rep Published online: [please include Day Month Year] doi:10.1136/bcr-2012008376 DESCRIPTION A 60-year-old lady was referred to our cardiology team with troponin-positive chest pain following elective pelvic floor repair for vaginal prolapse. There were no significant ECG changes. Cardiovascular risk factors consisted of extensive history ...
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T akotsubo syndrome (TTS) is an acute heart failure syndrome that predominantly affects post-menopausal women. It is characterized by substantial morbidity and mortality, which equal those of acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and are still underappreciated (1). TTS and ACS share many clinical features on admission, and an estimated 1% to 2% of all patients with suspected ACS are finally diagnosed ...
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INTRODUCTION The apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) is a single reversible cardiomyopathy often triggered by a stressful event. We aimed to present a case report regarding this disorder. CASE PRESENTATION Here we present the case of a 77-year-old female hypertensive patient, sedentary and non-smoker, diagnosed with apical ballooning syndrome. We describe the clinical signs and symptoms, changes...
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For the past 25 years there has been an accelerating stream of literature reports on a pathological entity, called Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) (2,882 items in Pubmed, in response to the MeSH term “takotsubo”, as of 4/5/16),1 a term coined by Sato et al,2 and Dote and al,3 when they described in 1990 and 1991 respectively a transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunctional state, which make the angiogr...
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Tako-Tsubo syndrome occurs predominantly in women over 60 years of age with a history of stress. The presentation resembles acute coronary syndrome, with electrocardiogram changes that normalize within 97-191 days.1 The echocardiogram shows decreased apical contractility with basal hyperkinesia and occasionally, intraventricular gradients,2 and the alterations return in 1-3 weeks. Enzyme elevat...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Case Reports
سال: 2013
ISSN: 1757-790X
DOI: 10.1136/bcr-2013-009881