Virani Salim S, Khan A Nasser, Mendoza Cesar E, Ferreira Alexandre C, de Marchena Eduardo
Division of Cardiology, Texas Heart Institute at St. Luke's Episcopal Hospital, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
Tex Heart Inst J. 2007;34(1):76-9.
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy mimics acute coronary syndrome and is accompanied by reversible left ventricular apical ballooning in the absence of angiographically significant coronary artery stenosis. In Japanese, "takotsubo" means "fishing pot for trapping octopus," and the left ventricle of a patient diagnosed with this condition resembles that shape. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which is transient and typically precipitated by acute emotional stress, is also known as "stress cardiomyopathy" or "broken-heart syndrome."Herein, we describe the clinical angiographic characteristics of 4 patients who exhibited this syndrome, and we review the existing literature and propose reasons to conduct prospective studies.
应激性心肌病酷似急性冠状动脉综合征，在无血管造影显示明显冠状动脉狭窄的情况下，伴有可逆性左心室心尖部气球样改变。在日语中，“takotsubo”意为“捕章鱼的渔篓”，被诊断为此病的患者的左心室形状与之相似。应激性心肌病是短暂性的，通常由急性情绪应激诱发，也被称为“应激性心肌病”或“心碎综合征”。在此，我们描述了4例表现出该综合征患者的临床血管造影特征，并回顾现有文献，提出进行前瞻性研究的理由。
