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European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on September 17, 2008
European Journal of Echocardiography 2009 10(2):332-333; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jen250
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Published on behalf of the European Society of Cardiology. All rights reserved. © The Author 2008. For permissions please email: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org.

Contractile pattern of inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: illustration by two-dimensional strain

Sylvestre Maréchaux1,*, Patrick Goldstein2, Patrick Girardie2 and Pierre V. Ennezat3

1 Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Physiology and Ultrasound Department, Lille F-59019, France
2 Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Emergency Department, Lille F-59019, France
3 Centre Hospitalier Régional et Universitaire de Lille, Intensive Care Unit, Lille F-59019, France

Received 23 June 2008; accepted after revision 31 August 2008; online publish-ahead-of-print 17 September 2008.

* Corresponding author. Tel: +33 3 20 44 59 62; fax: +33 3 20 44 44 14. E-mail address: sylvestre.marechaux{at}yahoo.fr


  Abstract

We report a case of a 25-year-old man who was admitted to our emergency department for brain trauma, with electrocardiographic and echocardiographic features suggestive of inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Using myocardial strain obtained from bidimensional acquisitions, we describe the myocardial abnormalities in this patient presenting with this yet under-recognized syndrome.

Keywords: Inverted Takotsubo; 2D strain imaging; Echocardiography


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