Left ventricular apical thrombus formation in a patient with suspected tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction

Circulation Journal

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 556-558

  Kurisu, Satoshi ^a   Inoue, Ichiro ^a   Kawagoe, Takuji ^a   Ishihara, Masaharu ^a   Shimatani, Yuji ^a   Nishioka, Kenji ^a   Umemura, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Suji ^a   Yoshida, Masashi ^a   Sato, Hikaru ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA CITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cerebral ischemia; Protein C; Tako tsubo; Thrombus

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; PROTEIN C; PROTEIN S; WARFARIN;

AGED; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BRAIN ISCHEMIA; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HEMIPARESIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOKINESIA; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; T WAVE; TAKO TSUBO LIKE LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION; THORAX PAIN; THROMBUS;

EID: 0037783270     PISSN: 13469843     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1253/circj.67.556     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Sato H, Tateishi H, Uchida T, Dote K, Ishihara M. Tako-tsubo like cardiomyopathy due to multivessel spasm. In: Kodama K, Haze K, Hon M, editors. Clinical aspect of myocardial injury: From ischemia to heart failure. Tokyo: Kagakuhyoronsha Co; 1990: 56-64 (in Japanese).
2. Dote K, Sato H, Tateishi H, Uchida T, Ishihara M. Myocardial stunning due to simultaneous multivessel coronary spasm: A review of 5 cases. J Cardiol 1991; 21: 203-214.
3. Ishihara M, Sato H, Tateishi H, Kawagoe T, Shimatani Y, Nakagawa K, et al. Tako-tsubo like cardiomyopathy. Kokyu to Junkan 1997; 45: 879-885.
4. Kurisu S, Sato H, Kawagoe T, Ishihara M, Shimatani Y, Nishioka K, et al. Tako-tsubo like left ventricular dysfunction with ST segment elevation: A novel cardiac syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J 2002; 143: 448-455.
5. Tsuchihashi K, Ueshima K, Uchida T, Oh-mura N, Kimura K, Owa M, et al. Transient left ventricular apical ballooning without coronary artery stenosis: A novel heart syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 2001; 38: 11-18.
6. Kawai S, Suzuki H, Yamaguchi H, Tanaka K, Sawada H, Aizawa T, et al. Ampulla cardiomyopathy ('Takotsubo' cardiomyopathy): Reversible left ventricular dysfunction with ST-segment elevation. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64: 156-159.
7. Villareal RP, Achari A, Wiansky S, Wilson JM. Anteroapical stunning and left ventricular outflow obstruction. Mayo Clin Proc 2001; 76: 79-83.
8. Visser CA, Kan G, Meltzer RS, Dunning AJ, Roelandt J. Embolic potential of left ventricular thrombus after myocardial infarction: A two-dimensional echocardiographic study of 119 patients. J Am Coll Cardiol 1985; 5: 1276-1280.
9. Kinney EL. The significance of left ventricular thrombi in patients with coronary heart disease: A retrospective analysis of pooled data. Am Heart J 1985; 109: 191-194.
10. Keren A, Goldberg S, Gottlieb S, Klein J, Schuger C, Medina A, et al. Natural history of left ventricular thrombi: Their appearance and resolution in the posthospitalization period of acute myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol 1990; 15: 790-800.
11. Ozkutlu S, Ozbarlas N, Saraclar M, Oztunc F. Left ventricular thrombosis due to acquired protein C deficiency diagnosed by two-dimensional echocardiography. Jpn Heart J 1992; 33: 253-258.
12. Yetkin E, Erbay AR, Ayaz S, Ileri M, Yanik A, Yetkin G. Predictors of left ventricular thrombus formation in patients with anterior myocardial infarction: Role of activated protein C resistance. Coron Artery Dis 2000; 11: 269-272.
13. Owa M, Aizawa K, Urasawa N, Ichinose H, Yamamoto K, Karasawa K, et al. Emotional stress-induced 'ampulla cardiomyopathy': Discrepancy between the metabolic and sympathetic innervation imaging performed during the recovery course. Jpn Circ J 2001; 65: 349-352.
14. Nyui N, Yamanaka O, Nakayama R, Sawano M, Kawai S. 'Takotsubo' transient ventricular dysfunction: A case report. Jpn Circ J 2000; 64: 715-719.