Letter Epublish
PubMed: 42558732 DOI: 10.1002/ccr3.73305
Intricacies in Serial Electrocardiograms in a Patient With Takotsubo Syndrome Mimicking Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.
Clin Case Rep 14(8):e73305
Authors: John E Madias
Affiliations
- Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York New York USA.
- The Cardiology Department Elmhurst Hospital Center Elmhurst New York USA.
Abstract
Some patients with takotsubo syndrome reveal transiently features of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy at imaging, particularly of the apical variety; this "pseudohypertrophy" is due to myocardial edema, and can be diagnosed by the absence of electrocardiogram evidence of left ventricular hypertrophy, and particularly a transient reduction of the amplitude of QRS complexes.
MeSH
Hypertrophy, Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic, Cardiomyopathies, Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy, Apical Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy