Heart broken. An unusual case of biventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by STEMI and Left ventricular thrombi. A case report

Heart broken. An unusual case of biventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by STEMI and Left ventricular thrombi. A case report

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a rare occurrence in patients with troponin-positive acute coronary syndrome (ACS). It usually manifests as transient apical ballooning of the left ventricle with concomitant occurrence of right ventricular involvement in only one-third of cases. Biventricular TCM i...

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Main Authors: Muhammad Atif Masood Noori, Hasham Saeed, Abanoub Rushdy, Sherif Elkattawy, Qirat Jawed, Nirmal Guragai, Fayez Shamoon
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taylor & Francis Group 2021-09-01
Series:Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives
Subjects:
takosubo cardiomyopathy
ventricular dysfunction
hemodynamic instability
lv thrombus
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2021.1942671

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