conclusions a high index of suspicion is essential for early detection of ddr and dddr. patients with high impact injuries or surrounding organ damage should be followed with serial clinical examinations, follow-up radiologic assessments, and even re-exploration in situations highly suspicious for diaphragmatic injuries. introduction diaphragmatic rupture (dr) is an uncommon, potentially seriou...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a well-known entity. We present two rare presentations of the same. Our first patient was diagnosed to have hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with ventricular tachycardia (VT), for which an ICD had been implanted. He later developed acute TTC with a large left ventricular (LV) apical thrombus. Our second patient was a 59 year old lady diagnosed to have TTC 2 years ag...

Advances in 64-row multidetector computed tomography have provided noninvasive imaging of coronary arteries. The aim of this study was to evaluate the prevalence of coronary artery anomalies in Iranian symptomatic patients and to determine the presence of anomalies resulting in myocardial ischaemia without atherosclerotic plaque. This study was carried out in Tabriz University of medical scienc...

INTRODUCTION "Takotsubo cardiomyopathy" is characterized by transient LV dysfunction and mimicking acute myocardial infarction. CASE PRESENTATION We reported a case with atypical presentation of "takotsubo cardiomyopathy" without ST segment elevation, but with severe transient left ventricular dysfunction. CONCLUSION Diagnosis of "takotsubo cardiomyopathy" should be based on typical left ve...

RATIONALE Although transient reduction in the left ventricular ejection fraction is characteristic of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, little is known about the time-course changes of myocardial deformation in coronary vasospasm-related Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. PATIENT CONCERNS We retrospectively analyzed the time-course changes in left ventricle, right ventricle, and left atrium strain values in a...

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is very rare in the paediatric population and has not been described in a single-ventricle patient yet. We report the case of a 4-year old boy with a history of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in whom we performed a Fontan operation. After coil embolization of the minor aortopulmonary collateral arteries, the patient developed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. His cardiac function lar...