Tag: Stress cardiomyopathy

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: Cardiology MCQ

Brutsaert’s hypothesis on Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: LV apex is the most trabeculated and thinnest portion of LV causing catecholamine damage most here.

NOT an eponym of apical ballooning syndrome: A. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy B. Broken heart syndrome C. Tachycardiomyopathy D. Stress cardiomyopathy

Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterised by left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning and normal coronary arteries.

"Inverted Takotsubo" cardiomyopathy is a variant of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in which there is hyperkinesis of apex with mid ventricular ballooning.