Vol 67, No 1 (2009)
Other
Published online: 2009-01-26
Case report
Tako-tsubo syndrome – the cardiomyopathy induced by stress may occur at any age. Two cases report
DOI: 10.33963/v.kp.80374
Kardiol Pol 2009;67(1):46-49.
Abstract
We present two cases of young women admitted to the hospital due to clinical and electrocardiografic features of ST elevation acute coronary syndrome. Coronary angiography revealed normal coronary arteries and echocardiography revealed typical for apical ballooning syndrome pictures, which gradually diseppeared. Due to these findings the diagnosis of transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome was established. In one patient thyreotoxicosis was also detected.
Keywords: tako-tsubo cardiomyopathytransient left apical ballooning syndrome
