Abstract
Tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy is a newly-recognized enigmatic disease characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction of a broad area of the apex with a hyperkinetic area around the cardiac base. There is ST-segment elevation with no coronary stenosis. The exact mechanism for this entity remains unknown. Here, we report a case of tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy that showed a marked left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) when the wall motion returned to normal. LVH was normalized at 10 months. The cause of LVH remains unknown.
MeSH terms
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Aged
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Aspirin / therapeutic use
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Benzimidazoles / therapeutic use
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Biphenyl Compounds
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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / complications
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Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / diagnosis*
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Chest Pain / diagnosis
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Chest Pain / etiology
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Drug Therapy, Combination
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Electrocardiography
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Humans
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / complications
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / diagnosis*
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Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / drug therapy
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Magnetic Resonance Imaging
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Myocardial Ischemia / complications
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Myocardial Ischemia / diagnosis*
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Myocardial Ischemia / drug therapy
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Nifedipine / therapeutic use
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Risk Assessment
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Severity of Illness Index
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Tetrazoles / therapeutic use
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / complications
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnosis*
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Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / drug therapy
Substances
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Benzimidazoles
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Biphenyl Compounds
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Tetrazoles
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Nifedipine
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Aspirin
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candesartan