<i>Case report<br>Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in 66-year-old female patient with the absence of typical electrocardiogram</i>

Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec; Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska; Magdalena Róg-Makal; Sławomir Dobrzycki

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Przegląd Kardiodiabetologiczny/Cardio-Diabetological Review

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Case report
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in 66-year-old female patient with the absence of typical electrocardiogram

Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec

,

Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska

,

Magdalena Róg-Makal

,

Sławomir Dobrzycki

Przegląd Kardiodiabetologiczny 2012; 7 (1): 44–48

Online publish date: 2012/04/18

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Tako-tsubo syndrome is a transient cardiomyopathy, which is also known as the apical ballooning syndrome. Tako-tsubo is characterised by transient systolic dysfunction involving left ventricular apex and ischemic ECG findings with the absence of significant obstructive coronary artery disease. The clinical manifestation of tako-tsubo is similar to acute coronary syndrome. The most frequent finding on admission is ST-segment elevation in precordial leads in ECG. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is also present in patients with diabetes. We present a case of a 66-year-old female patient with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, in whom apical ballooning syndrome was diagnosed despite of the absence of typical ECG findings.

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Case reportTako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in 66-year-old female patient with the absence of typical electrocardiogram

Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec , Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska , Magdalena Róg-Makal , Sławomir Dobrzycki

tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, acute coronary syndrome, electrocardiogram

Case report
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in 66-year-old female patient with the absence of typical electrocardiogram

Małgorzata Zalewska-Adamiec

,

Hanna Bachórzewska-Gajewska

,

Magdalena Róg-Makal

,

Sławomir Dobrzycki