[Is Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy really reversible ?]

Abstract

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by a total reversibility of wall motion abnormalities of the left ventricle (LV) as well as normalization of LV ejection fraction after the acute phase. However, recent studies have shown that some patients present functional, metabolic, and morphologic abnormalities away from the acute phase suggesting an incomplete recovery of the disease. In this revue we discuss about this topic through several tools used in those studies (echocardiography, exercise test, MRI, nuclear imaging, biology, as well).

Keywords: Edema; Inflammation; Myocardial performance; Reversibility; Tako-tsubo; inflammation; performance myocardique; réversibilité; œdème.