ECG in patients with tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Abstract

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, also known as transient left ventricular ballooning and stress myocardiopathy, has been diagnosed increasingly more over the last decade. The takotsubo syndrome mimics acute myocardial infarction in symptoms and in electrocardiographic findings. There are two major types of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: the classical type with left ventricular apical ballooning and a type with midventricular ballooning. Both types show different electrocardiographic patterns at presentation. The present article describes classical electrocardiographic findings of the acute and subacute phases of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.