Takotsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by ischemic injury: When lateralmyocardial infarction precipitate apical ballooning syndrome

Int J Cardiol. 2016 Jan 1:202:858-60. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.065. Epub 2015 Oct 8.

Authors

N Messas¹, T Caspar², L Jesel², S Hess², M Girardey², B Radulescu², M Zupan², U Crimizade², H Kremer², P Ohlmann², O Morel²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Nouvel Hospital Civil, Strasbourg, France. Electronic address: nathan.messas@chru-strasbourg.fr.
² Department of Cardiology, University Hospitals of Strasbourg, Nouvel Hospital Civil, Strasbourg, France.

PMID: 26476982
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.10.065

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Apical ballooning; Takotsubo syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Electrocardiography
Female
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / complications*
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Precipitating Factors
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / physiopathology