Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 90-year-old Chinese man.
- Author:
Rong-he XU
1
;
Dan-qing YU
;
Gui-zhou MA
;
Zhi-xiong CAI
;
Chu-min NI
;
Ping CHEN
;
Zhi-dan ZHU
;
Yan-hua LUO
;
Guo-hong ZHU
;
Jian-qiang HUANG
Author Information
1. Department of Cardiology, Affiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University, Shantou, Guangdong 515031, China.
- Publication Type:Case Reports
- MeSH:
Aged, 80 and over;
Coronary Angiography;
Fatal Outcome;
Humans;
Male;
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy;
diagnosis;
diagnostic imaging
- From:
Chinese Medical Journal
2012;125(5):957-960
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
A 90-year-old Chinese man was transferred to the Emergency Department of the Affiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University for treatment of an acute myocardial infarction. He suffered chest pain with three days of cough, dyspnea and fever. A diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was made in normal coronary arteries from urgent coronary angiography and characteristic apical dyskinesis and basal hyper contractility in left ventriculography. The patient died from severe multi-organ failure on the second day of hospitalization.
