Reversible left ventricular hypertrophy after tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy

Abstract

Tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy is a newly-recognized enigmatic disease characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction of a broad area of the apex with a hyperkinetic area around the cardiac base. There is ST-segment elevation with no coronary stenosis. The exact mechanism for this entity remains unknown. Here, we report a case of tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy that showed a marked left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) when the wall motion returned to normal. LVH was normalized at 10 months. The cause of LVH remains unknown.

Yasutomi Higashikuni, M.D., Ph.D., FESC

Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine

My research interests include homeostatic inflammation, RNA metabolism and modification, and synthetic biology.