Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy After Coronary Intervention Developed During Hospitalization Jamal Hussain, MD, Nathan Laufer, MD, Suzane Sorrof, MD, Ashish Pershad, MD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 88, Issue 6, Pages e63-e65 (December 2009) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.070 Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Baseline electrocardiogram. (B) Electrocardiogram when patient had symptoms developed after stenting. Relatively poor R wave progression in the anterior leads. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, e63-e65DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.070) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Angiograms on postoperative day one showing patent stent in the left anterior descending artery (LAD) and newly developed apical ballooning. (A) The LAD showing patent stent and normal flow. (B) Left ventricle end-diastolic right anterior oblique view. (C) Apical ballooning with hypercontractile basal segments during systole, usually seen in Takotsubo syndrome. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2009 88, e63-e65DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2009.09.070) Copyright © 2009 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions