Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC), synonymous with apical ballooning syndrome, broken heart syndrome, stress induced/ ampulla cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction of apical ( typical) or mid segments (atypical), mimicking acute myocardial infarction in the absence of significant coronary artery disease . We report a rare case of recurrent takotsubo cardiomyopath...

To the Editor: I read with great interest the article by Ueyama et al in the Circulation Journal1 in which they demonstrated that emotional stress with immobilization in the rat induced reversible left ventricular apical ballooning that was normalized by pretreatment with adrenoceptor blockade. They had previously demonstrated the same stress-induced ST segment elevation, which returned to pre ...

introduction dilated cardiomyopathy (dcm) is the leading cause of heart failure and arrhythmia. case presentation a 47-year-old male, diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy, died due to heart failure. during the screening of his family members, his 17-year-old daughter and 9-year-old son also had dilated cardiomyopathy. another daughter had died suddenly at the age of 12 years. conclusions we he...

Introduction: Noncompaction cardiomyopathy (NccM) is a rare form of cardiomyopathy. the American Heart Association classified it as a genetic cardiomyopathy. the pathogenesis of this condition is attributed to the failure of trabecular myocardium to compact and underdeveloped microcoronary circulation. case report: We present a case of a 72-year-old African American female who presented with sh...

Cardiomyopathy represents a diverse group of heart muscle disorders, which are further classified on the basis of their anatomic and hemodynamic findings. Hearts with increased antioxidant capacity have been reported to be more resistant to in vivo and in vitro oxidative stress. On the other hand, cardiomyopathy with heart failure is accompanied by increased free radicals and lipid peroxidation...

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by reversible left ventricular dysfunction following emotional or surgical stress. Unlike the well-known complications of catheter ablation (CA) of atrial fibrillation (AF), Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy has been rarely reported so far. We report a case of acute reversible left heart failure following successful CA of paroxysmal AF in a patient with a hist...

KEY CLINICAL MESSAGE A 50-year-old lady presented with epigastralgia, electrocardiogram (ECG) showed T-wave inversions and the echocardiogram low ejection fraction (EF) with apical ballooning. An esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD) revealed gastritis. She recovered with proton pump inhibitors treatment. This is the first case that describes gastritis-induced stress cardiomyopathy. Clinicians shoul...