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Here, we present a case of dorsal medulla oblongata hemangioblastoma with fourth ventricular hemorrhage. A 23-year-old female developed sudden consciousness disturbance, and CT revealed hemorrhage in all cerebral ventricles and a hyperdense mass in the cisterna magna. Although the reddish tumor located in the dorsal medulla oblongata was successfully removed, she suffered from severe tako-tsubo...

Abstract Funding Acknowledgements Type of funding sources: None. Background Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is characterized by the presence transient left ventricular (LV) wall motion abnormalities (WMA). However, whether systolic performance fully recover unclear. Non-invasive myocardial work (MW) a new index global and regional which has never been described in this setting. Objective: to as...

Reverse takotsubo syndrome Atypical basal type takotsubo cardiomyopathy To the Editor: In 1991, Dote et al. (1) reported 5 patients with a novel, acute cardiac condition characterized by distinctive regional left ventricular (LV) systolic dysfunction, in the absence of significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Other Japanese investigators were intrigued by the unusual end-systolic sh...