Cardiomiopatía de Takotsubo

ABSTRACT: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress-induced cardiomyopathy is often diagnosed as an acute coronary syndrome in postmenopausal women, because its clinical presentation may mimic an acute myocardial infarction: anginal chest pain, changes in the ST segment and T wave in precordial leads and e...

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Autores:
Sénior Sánchez, Juan Manuel
Tamayo Artunduaga, Natalia
Fernández Cadavid, Andrés
Rodríguez Dimuro, Arturo
Tipo de recurso:
Article of investigation
Fecha de publicación:
2015
Institución:
Universidad de Antioquia
Repositorio:
Repositorio UdeA
Idioma:
spa
OAI Identifier:
oai:bibliotecadigital.udea.edu.co:10495/11642
Acceso en línea:
http://hdl.handle.net/10495/11642
Palabra clave:
Cardiomiopatía de Takotsubo
Insuficiencia Cardíaca
Síndrome Coronario Agudo
Acute Coronary Syndrome
Heart Failure
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Rights
openAccess
License
Atribución-NoComercial-CompartirIgual 2.5 Colombia (CC BY-NC-SA 2.5 CO)
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Summary:ABSTRACT: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or stress-induced cardiomyopathy is often diagnosed as an acute coronary syndrome in postmenopausal women, because its clinical presentation may mimic an acute myocardial infarction: anginal chest pain, changes in the ST segment and T wave in precordial leads and elevated cardiac biomarkers of necrosis. It is characterized by systolic dysfunction with transient ballooning of the apical and middle portions of the left ventricle, in the absence of significant coronary disease. Prognosis is good and complete recovery occurs in days to weeks. We report three cases of postmenopausal women with initial diagnosis of acute myocardial infarction; no significant coronary lesions were found in the coronary angiography; apical ballooning, characteristic of this syndrome, was observed on left ventriculography. On follow-up, the three patients had complete recovery of systolic function at six weeks.