t akotsubo cardiomyopathy (tcm), also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy, is a clinical syndrome of transient left ventricular (lv) apical wall motion abnormality with relative preservation of the basal heart segments in the absence of any significant atherosclerosis. recurrence of this condition is rare. we report a postmenopausal woman, who experienced two episodes of tcm within 4 months ...

Objective—To assess the prognostic significance of stress echocardiography in women with a high probability of coronary artery disease (CAD). Setting—Secondary and tertiary cardiology unit at a university teaching hospital. Participants—A total of 135 women (mean (SD) age 63 (9) years) with pre-test probability of CAD >80% were selected from a database of patients investigated by treadmill or d...

UNLABELLED The goal of this study was to evaluate the diagnostic accuracy, cost-effectiveness, and appropriate use of SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging (SMPI) versus stress echocardiography in the preoperative evaluation of patients for kidney transplantation. METHODS A single-institution, retrospective study was performed. SMPI was performed with regadenoson and stress echocardiography pred...

conclusions the tsi analysis in patients with cad may be considered an interesting parameter in addition to the conventional echocardiographic parameters during ese. background stress echocardiography represents one of the best possible imaging choice for the diagnosis and stratification of patients with coronary artery disease (cad). however, this imaging technique presents some limitations su...