Author/Authors :
Çelik, Turgay Gulhane Military Medical Faculty - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Bugan, Barış Gulhane Military Medical Faculty - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Bozlar, Uğur Gulhane Military Medical Faculty - Department of Radiology, Turkey , İyisoy, Atila Gulhane Military Medical Faculty - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Taner, Ali Yozgat State Hospital - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Çelik, Murat Gulhane Military Medical Faculty - Department of Cardiology, Turkey , Kurşaklıoğlu, Hürkan Gulhane Military Medical Faculty - Department of Cardiology, Turkey
Abstract :
Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is a unique reversible cardiomyopathy which is frequently precipitated by a stressful event and has a clinical presentation that is indistinguishable from a myocardial infarction. Clinical presentation of most patients including ECG and symptoms are equal to acute coronary syndromes. Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging may provide insight into potential pathophysiological mechanisms in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy by assessment of myocardial viability. In this paper, we report a 49-year-old woman presenting with acute anterior myocardial infarction in whom apical ballooning was found and differential diagnosis was achieved by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging.
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Acute myocardial infarction , magnetic resonance imaging , Tako , Tsubo cardiomyopathy
