A case of persistent apical ballooning complicated by apical thrombus in takotsubo cardiomyopathy of systemic lupus erythematosus patient

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which is also known as "transient apical ballooning", is a cardiac syndrome associated with emotional and physical stress that occurs in postmenopausal women. It may mimic acute coronary syndrome but coronary angiography reveals normal epicardial coronary arteries...

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Published inJournal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound Vol. 21; no. 3; pp. 137 - 139
Main Authors Shim, In Kyoung, Kim, Bong-Joon, Kim, Hyunsu, Lee, Jae-Woo, Cha, Tae-Joon, Heo, Jung Ho
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Korea (South) Korean Society of Echocardiography 01.09.2013
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Case Report
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Systemic lupus erythematosus
Persistent apical ballooning
Thrombus
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Summary:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which is also known as "transient apical ballooning", is a cardiac syndrome associated with emotional and physical stress that occurs in postmenopausal women. It may mimic acute coronary syndrome but coronary angiography reveals normal epicardial coronary arteries. The prognosis is favorable with the normalization of wall motion abnormalities within weeks. We report a case of persistent apical ballooning complicated by an apical thrombus in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy of systemic lupus erythematous patient. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy may not be always transient and left ventricular thrombus can occur in the disease course as our patient.
ISSN:1975-4612
2005-9655
DOI:10.4250/jcu.2013.21.3.137