Lupus cardiomyopathy: a reversible form of left ventricular dysfunction

Reversible left ventricular dysfunction "takotsubo" cardiomyopathy associated with pneumothorax.

An 83 year old woman presented to the emergency department with chest pain and dyspnoea. Chest radiography showed pneumothorax of the left lung. Arteries were normal on coronary angiography. Left ventriculography showed asynergy of apical akinesis and basal hyperkinesis. Within 18 days, the asynergy improved without any specific treatment. In the present case the left ventricular dysfunction ma...

Reversible Left Ventricular Dysfunction with Apical Ballooning — A Case Report of Ampulla Cardiomyopathy

Ampulla cardiomyopathy is a rare cardiac syndrome characterized by transient left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning without significant coronary artery disease. The shape of the left ventricular cavity during the acute phase resembles an ampulla. These patients are usually misdiagnosed as acute myocardial infarction because of similar clinical symptoms, electrocardiogram (ECG) changes and myoc...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 2-year-old girl: 3-dimensional visualization of reversible left ventricular dysfunction.

Reversible left ventricular dysfunction in suicidal hanging.

Acute and rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction may be triggered by various psychological and physical insults. This entity is now well known as stress cardiomyopathy or Takotsubu cardiomyopathy. Suicidal hanging involves intense emotional outburst and the act of hanging is an extreme physical stress. We report a case of rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction following attemp...

Reversible heart failure with left ventricular dysfunction in a postpartum woman with familial hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.