Tako-Tsubo syndrome

Transient apical LV ballooning (Tako-Tsubo syndrome)... 

Figure 8.42 (A) Twelve-lead ECG in subacute phase in a patient with typical transitory apical ballooning (Tako-Tsubo syndrome).

Ibanez B, Choi BG, Navarro F, Farre J. Tako-tsubo syndrome a form of spontaneous aborted myocardial infarction Eur Heart J 2006 27 1509. 

Cardiovascular Tako-Tsubo syndrome is transient left ventricular apical ballooning, very similar to acute myocardial infarction. 

Cabaton J, Rondelet B, Gergele L, Besnard C, Piriou V. Tako-Tsubo syndrome after anaphylaxis caused by succinylcholine during general anaesthesia. Ann Fr Anesth Reanim 2008 27(10) 854-7. 

Kurisu S, Sato H, Kawagoe T et al. Tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction with ST-segment elevation a novel cardiac syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 2002 143 448. 

Christoph M, Ebner B, Stolte D, Ibrahim K, Kolschmann S, Strasser RH, Schbn S. Broken heart syndrome tako tsubo cardiomyopathy associated with an overdose of the serotonin-norepinephrine reuptake inhibitor venlafaxine. Eur Neu-ropsychopharmacol 2010 20(8) 594-7. 

Stress cardiomyopathy (takotsubo cardiomyopathy, broken heart syndrome , or gebrochenes Herz Syndrom ) was first described in Japan in the early 1990s [E] and has been reviewed [2 ]. Tako tsubo means octopus trap in Japanese. 

Kurowski V, Kaiser A, von Hof K, Killermann DP, Mayer B, Hartmann F. Apical and midventricular transient leftventricular dysfunction syndrome (tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy) frequency, mechanisms, and prognosis. Chest 2007 132(3) 809-16. 

Vultaggio A, Matucci A, Del Pace S, Simonetti I, Parronchi P, Rossi O, Maggi E, Gensini G, Romagnani S. Tako-Tsubo-like syndrome during anaphylactic reaction. Eur J Heart Fail 2007 9(2) 209 11. 

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