Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 90-year-old Chinese man
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 90-year-old Chinese man作者机构:Department of CardiologyAffiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityShantouGuangdong 515031China Department of Coronary Care UnitGuangdong CardiovascularInstituteGuangdong Academy of Medical SciencesGuangdong General HospitalGuangzhouGuangdong 510080China
出 版 物:《Chinese Medical Journal》 (中华医学杂志(英文版))
年 卷 期:2012年第125卷第5期
页 面:957-960页
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学科分类:0710[理学-生物学] 0832[工学-食品科学与工程(可授工学、农学学位)] 07[理学] 08[工学] 083202[工学-粮食、油脂及植物蛋白工程] 071002[理学-动物学]
主 题:Takotsubo cardiomyopathy coronary angiography left ventriculography
摘 要:A 90-year-old Chinese man was transferred to the Emergency Department of the Affiliated Shantou Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University for treatment of an acute myocardial infarction. He suffered chest pain with three days of cough, dyspnea and fever. A diagnosis of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was made in normal coronary arteries from urgent coronary angiography and characteristic apical dyskinesis and basal hyper contractility in left ventriculography. The patient died from severe multi-organ failure on the second day of hospitalization.