Nuclear medicine imaging of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Typical form and midventricular ballooning syndrome

[1] Dote K(1991)Myocardial stunning due to simultaneous multivessel coronary spasm: a review of 5 cases J Cardiol 21 203-14

[2] Sato H(2003)Specific findings of the standard 12-lead ECG in patients with ‘Takotsubo’ cardiomyopathy—comparison with the findings of acute anterior myocardial infarction Circ J 67 687-90

[3] Tateishi H(2001)Transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary artery stenosis: a novel heart syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Angina Pectoris-Myocardial infurction Investigations in Japan J Am Coll Cardiol 38 11-8

[4] Uchida T(2005)Clinical characteristics, demographics and prognosis of transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome Heart Fail Rev 10 311-6

[5] Ishihara M(2006)Transient stress-induced cardiomyopathy with an “inverted takotsubo” contractile pattern Mayo Clin Proc 81 1499-502

[6] Ogura R(2006)Transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy: a new entity of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Int J Cardiol 110 100-1

[7] Hiasa Y(2007)Mid-ventricular ballooning heart syndrome Echocardiography 24 329-34

[8] Takahashi T(2005)Neurohumoral features of myocardial stunning due to sudden emotional stress N Engl J Med 352 539-48

[9] Yamaguchi K(2006)Acute impairment of regional myocardial glucose uptake in the apical ballooning (takotsubo) syndrome J Nucl Cardiol 13 244-50

[10] Fujiwara K(2007)Myocardial scintigraphy in a patient with transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy: case report Int J Cardiol 119 8-10

[1] Dote K(1991)Myocardial stunning due to simultaneous multivessel coronary spasm: a review of 5 cases J Cardiol 21 203-14

[2] Sato H(2003)Specific findings of the standard 12-lead ECG in patients with ‘Takotsubo’ cardiomyopathy—comparison with the findings of acute anterior myocardial infarction Circ J 67 687-90

[3] Tateishi H(2001)Transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary artery stenosis: a novel heart syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Angina Pectoris-Myocardial infurction Investigations in Japan J Am Coll Cardiol 38 11-8

[4] Uchida T(2005)Clinical characteristics, demographics and prognosis of transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome Heart Fail Rev 10 311-6

[5] Ishihara M(2006)Transient stress-induced cardiomyopathy with an “inverted takotsubo” contractile pattern Mayo Clin Proc 81 1499-502

[6] Ogura R(2006)Transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy: a new entity of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy Int J Cardiol 110 100-1

[7] Hiasa Y(2007)Mid-ventricular ballooning heart syndrome Echocardiography 24 329-34

[8] Takahashi T(2005)Neurohumoral features of myocardial stunning due to sudden emotional stress N Engl J Med 352 539-48

[9] Yamaguchi K(2006)Acute impairment of regional myocardial glucose uptake in the apical ballooning (takotsubo) syndrome J Nucl Cardiol 13 244-50

[10] Fujiwara K(2007)Myocardial scintigraphy in a patient with transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy: case report Int J Cardiol 119 8-10