Transient mid-ventricular dyskinesia: a variant of Takotsubo syndrome

Int J Cardiol. 2008 Sep 26;129(2):272-3. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.07.155. Epub 2007 Nov 26.

Abstract

Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy is characterized by a reversible systolic left ventricular apical ballooning. A new pattern of dyskinesia in the absence of angiographic evidence of coronary artery stenosis has been indicated like a variant of takotsubo cardiomiopathy: mid-ventricular akinesis with preservation of apical and basal contractilities revealed at echocardiograms and ventriculographies. We report the case of a 65 years old patient with this pattern, reverted in 4 weeks.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Echocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnostic imaging
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / physiopathology*