Upadya Shrikanth P Y, Hoq Sheikh M, Pannala Rahul, Alsous Fadi, Tuohy Edward, Zarich Stuart
Bridgeport Hospital, Yale University School of Medicine, Bridgeport, Connecticut 06610, USA.
J Am Soc Echocardiogr. 2005 Aug;18(8):883. doi: 10.1016/j.echo.2004.10.024.
We are reporting a case of Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy (transient left ventricular apical ballooning) in the Western population identified by a perfusion echocardiogram that demonstrated perfusion defect at baseline in the apical and adjacent walls that was incongruous to the wall-motion abnormality. The perfusion defect improved within 72 hours on a repeated study indicating that microvasculature disruption is a key feature of this enigmatic cardiomyopathy.
