Two-dimensional speckle tracking strain echocardiography can be utilized to evaluate biventricular involvement in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy.
Speckle tracking strain may aid biventricular assessment in Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy; hypothesis-generating and requires validation.
Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is a transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy. This reversible cardiomyopathy without epicardial coronary artery disease mimics acute myocardial infarction. Right ventricular involvement, which has been infrequently reported, is present in about a quarter of cases of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and is associated with a more severe clinical outcome. We report the case of a 55-year-old postmenopausal woman with transient biventricular apical ballooning. She recently had acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. Regional and global function of both ventricles was estimated using two-dimensional speckle tracking strain echocardiography.
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