JAPANESE CIRCULATION JOURNAL
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Ampulla Cardiomyopathy(‘Takotusbo’ Cardiomyopathy)
- Reversible Left Ventricular Dysfunction With ST Segment Elevation -
Sachio KawaiHiromasa SuzukiHiroshi YamaguchiKen TanakaHitoshi SawadaTadanori AizawaMasahumi WatanabeTsutomu TamuraKoushi UmawatariMasahiko KawadaTesuya NakamuraOsamu YamanakaRyozo Okada
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2000 Volume 64 Issue 2 Pages 156-159

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The clinicopathologic findings of reversible ampulla-like ventriculogram of the left ventricle were studied in 8 elderly women and one middle-aged man. Their coronary arteriograms were normal, even in the 7 patients who had ST elevation on electrocardiogram. Coronary spasm was positive in only 2 of the 7 patients who received provocation tests. Biopsy specimens revealed focal myocyte injury. Normal coronary arteriograms during ST elevation and the presence of pathologic myocardial lesions were not consistent with a concept of stunned myocardium. The presence of myocardial lesions suggested that focal and disseminated myocardial damage had occurred.

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