European Journal of Echocardiography Advance Access originally published online on June 1, 2009
European Journal of Echocardiography 2009 10(5):729-731; doi:10.1093/ejechocard/jep064
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Echocardiographic assessment and monitoring of the clinical course in a patient with Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy by a novel 3D-speckle-tracking-strain analysis
Medizinische Klinik II, Klinikum Kirchheim unter Teck, Kreiskliniken Esslingen, Eugenstrasse 3, 73230 Kirchheim unter Teck, Germany
Received 20 March 2009; accepted after revision 3 May 2009; online publish-ahead-of-print 1 June 2009.
* Corresponding author. Tel: +49 7021 88 3680; fax: +49 7021 88 1699. E-mail address: h.baccouche{at}gmx.de
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Using real-time 3D-speckle-tracking in the clinical course of Tako-Tsubo turned out as a quick and feasible tool for recognition and follow-up of wall motion abnormalities.
Keywords: Real-time-3D-speckle-tracking; Tako-Tsubo