Tuyển tập báo cáo các nghiên cứu khoa học quốc tế ngành y học dành cho các bạn tham khảo đề tài: A variant form of acute reversible cardiomyopathy: a case report | Journal of Medical Case Reports BioMed Central Case report Open Access A variant form of acute reversible cardiomyopathy a case report Apostolos Karavidas Sofia Arapi John Fotiadis Achilleas Zacharoulis and Evagellos Matsakas Address Cardiology Department G. Gennimatas Hospital Athens Greece Email Apostolos Karavidas - akaravid@ Sofia Arapi - sofimar@ John Fotiadis - ioanfot@ Achilleas Zacharoulis - aazach@ Evagellos Matsakas - ematsakas@ Corresponding author Published 7 March 2008 Received 17 July 2007 Journal of Medical Case Reports 2008 2 74 doi 1752-1947-2-74 Accepted 7 March 2008 This article is available from http content 2 1 74 2008 Karavidas et al licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Stress cardiomyopathy also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or left ventricular apical ballooning has been linked to emotional or physical stress resulting in transient left ventricular dysfunction. It typically affects the mid and apical left ventricular segments. At onset it resembles acute myocardial infarction due to the acute onset of chest pain and ST-T segment elevation. However there is minimal biomarker elevation and a normal coronary artery angiogram. Case presentation We report a case of a woman with transient myocardial injury after a stressful event presenting with a variation of the affected segments. In this case only the basal and mid portions of the left ventricle were affected while the apex was completely spared. Coronary angiography revealed no significant occlusion and left ventricular function had recovered completely by the third day of hospitalization. Conclusion We present a variant form of stress .
