Abstract
Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient left ventricular apical wall motion abnormality with electrocardiographic changes and minimal myocardial enzymatic release mimicking acute myocardial infarction [ 1 Kurisu S. Sato H. Kawagoe T. et al. Tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction with ST-segment elevation: a novel cardiac syndrome mimicking acute myocardial infarction. Am Heart J. 2002; 143: 448-455 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (730) Google Scholar , 2 Desmet W.J. Adriaenssens B.F. Dens J.A. Apical ballooning of the left ventricle: first series in white patients. Heart. 2003; 89: 1027-1031 Crossref PubMed Scopus (457) Google Scholar , 3 Kurisu S. Inoue I. Kawagoe T. et al. Incidence and treatment of left ventricular apical thrombosis in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. Int J Cardiol. 2011; 146: e58-e60 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (60) Google Scholar , 4 Kurisu S. Inoue I. Kawagoe T. et al. Time course of electrocardiographic changes in patients with tako-tsubo syndrome: comparison with acute myocardial infarction with minimal enzymatic release. Circ J. 2004; 68: 77-81 Crossref PubMed Scopus (202) Google Scholar ]. In general, apical wall motion abnormality is resolved within several weeks, and its prognosis is favorable. In this report, we present a case of cardiac rupture in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy with persistent ST-segment elevation.
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