Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy: Role of Cardiac MRI

Authors

  • Selvakumar Subbaraman
  • Seena Cheppala Rajan
  • Saveetha veeraiyan
  • Paarthipan Natarajan

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3941/jrcr.v15i6.4138

Keywords:

Takotsubo, Broken heart syndrome, chest pain, cardiac MRI, stress cardiomyopathy

Abstract

We present a case of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy (TC) which is a non ischemic cardiomyopathy. It is stress related and also known as broken heart syndrome. The patient presented to our emergency department with symptoms of chest pain and breathlessness. The patient was diagnosed as acute coronary syndrome and various tests including ECG, Screening ECHO, Coronary CT and Cardiac Magnetic Resonance (CMR) were done before arriving at the diagnosis of TC. Currently CMR is the modality of choice as it detects the wall motion abnormalities (WMA), presence of wall edema and late gadolinium enhancement (LGE) characteristics can be well appreciated. No intervention was done and the case was managed medically.

Author Biographies

Selvakumar Subbaraman

Professor

Department of Radiology,

Saveetha Medical College and Hospital

Seena Cheppala Rajan

Professor and Head,

Department of Radiology

Saveetha Medical College and Hospital

Saveetha veeraiyan

Professor,

Department of Radiology

Saveetha Medical College and Hospital

Paarthipan Natarajan

Professor

Department of Radiology,

Saveetha Medical College and Hospital

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Published

2021-06-20

Issue

Vol. 15 No. 6 (2021)

Section

Cardiac Imaging

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