TY - JOUR
T1 - Myocardial edema is a feature of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and is related to the severity of systolic dysfunction
T2 - Insights from T2-weighted cardiovascular magnetic resonance
AU - Abdel-Aty, Hassan
AU - Cocker, Myra
AU - Friedrich, Matthias G.
PY - 2009/2/20
Y1 - 2009/2/20
N2 - We investigated if myocardial edema is a feature of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). Seven TTC patients in the acute phase were studied using cine, T2 and late enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). A transmural area of high T2 signal was visible involving the mid-anterior wall and apical segments matching the distribution of hypokinesis. CMR-identified edema is a feature of TTC. This may provide insight into the pathophysiology of stress-induced cardiomyopathy and serve as a useful tool for its non-invasive characterization.
AB - We investigated if myocardial edema is a feature of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). Seven TTC patients in the acute phase were studied using cine, T2 and late enhancement cardiovascular magnetic resonance (CMR). A transmural area of high T2 signal was visible involving the mid-anterior wall and apical segments matching the distribution of hypokinesis. CMR-identified edema is a feature of TTC. This may provide insight into the pathophysiology of stress-induced cardiomyopathy and serve as a useful tool for its non-invasive characterization.
KW - Cardiovascular magnetic resonance
KW - Late gadolinium enhancement
KW - Myocardial edema
KW - T2-weighted
KW - Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy
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U2 - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.102
DO - 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.08.102
M3 - Article
C2 - 18086501
AN - SCOPUS:59249091581
VL - 132
SP - 291
EP - 293
JO - International Journal of Cardiology
JF - International Journal of Cardiology
SN - 0167-5273
IS - 2
ER -