Internal Medicine
Online ISSN : 1349-7235
Print ISSN : 0918-2918
ISSN-L : 0918-2918
CASE REPORTS
Takotsubo-like Transient Biventricular Dysfunction with Pressure Gradients
Satoshi KURISU, Ichiro INOUE, Takuji KAWAGOE, Masaharu ISHIHARA, Yuji SHIMATANI, Naoya MITSUBA, Takaki HATA, Yasuharu NAKAMA, Tomohiko KISAKA, Yasufumi KIJIMA
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Keywords: takotsubo, ventricular function, angiography, cardiac hypertrophy
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2005 Volume 44 Issue 7 Pages 727-732

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Abstract

A 78-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital due to chest oppressive sensation. Admission electrocardiography revealed ST-segment elevation in I, II, III, aVF and V2-6 leads. Left ventriculography showed apical akinesis and basal hyperkinesis with a pressure gradient of 60 mmHg between the left ventricular apex and the base. Right ventriculography also showed similar abnormal wall motion with a pressure gradient of 28 mmHg. Follow-up cardiac catheterization after 16 days showed normal wall motion with no pressure gradients. However, dobutamine stress (10 μg/kg/min) caused a pressure gradient of 60 mmHg between the left ventricular apex and the aorta.

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