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Noninvasive detection of Takotsubo [corrected] cardiomyopathy using multi-detector row computed tomography
Tetsuya Hara1, Takatoshi Hayashi, Ichiro Izawa
1Department of Cardiology, Himeji Cardiovascular Center, Hyogo, Japan.
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.
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