Cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiac magnetic field mapping in a patient with stress-induced cardiomyopathy (tako-tsubo)

Item Type:	Article
Title:	Cardiac magnetic resonance and cardiac magnetic field mapping in a patient with stress-induced cardiomyopathy (tako-tsubo)
Creators Name:	Fischer, R. and Schirdewan, A. and Kumar, A. and Gapelyuk, A. and Schulz-Menger, J. and Dietz, R.
Abstract:	We encountered a 65-year-old woman with typical electrocardiogram (ECG) changes and new-onset left ventricular dysfunction with apical ballooning that exhibited typical changes of tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy. We used cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) and cardiac magnetic field mapping (CMFM) to detect changes in structural, mechanical, and electrophysiological myocardial properties during follow-up. CMR displayed an acute myocardial injury, but neither fibrosis nor necrosis. CMFM exhibited severely disturbed repolarization with an inhomogeneous magnetic field. These pathological findings persisted much longer than the abnormalities detected by CMR and the ECG.
Keywords:	Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, tako-tsubo, Cardiac magnetic resonance, Electrocardiography, Cardiac magnetic field mapping, Electrical remodeling
Source:	Pacing and Clinical Electrophysiology
ISSN:	0147-8389
Publisher:	Blackwell Publishing
Volume:	29
Number:	12
Page Range:	1442-1444
Date:	December 2006
Official Publication:	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1540-8159.2006.00561.x
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