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Transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary disease (Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy) : A case report.
Marchal V. , El Allaf D.
Rev Med Liege 2007, 62(2),71-72Abstract : SUMARY : A 80-year-old European woman was admitted for a cardiac syndrome which mimics acute coronary insufficiency, with apical akinesis and basal hyperkinesis. The first description of this syndrome (Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy) was reported in Japanese patients in the 90’s. Recently this reversible left ventricular cardiomyopathy was also described in USA and Europe in white patients. This cardiomyopathy often develops in older women, after emotional or physical stress. The etiology remains unknown.
