Noninvasive detection of Takotsubo [corrected] cardiomyopathy using multi-detector row computed tomography

Int Heart J. 2007 Nov;48(6):773-8. doi: 10.1536/ihj.48.773.

Abstract

We present a 60-year-old woman with chest pain preceded by emotional stress. Trans-thoracic echocardiography demonstrated localized left ventricular hypokinesis around the apical area. Multi-detector row computed tomography (MDCT) revealed no significant stenosis in the coronary arteries, which comfirmed Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy. We show here the usefulness of MDCT for the noninvasive differentiation of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy from acute coronary syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Middle Aged
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnostic imaging*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed / methods