Biventricular Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy: Usefulness of 2D speckle tracking strain echocardiography.

ABSTRACT Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy is a transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome also known as stress-induced cardiomyopathy. This reversible cardiomyopathy without epicardial coronary artery disease mimics acute myocardial infarction. Right ventricular involvement, which has been infrequently reported, is present in about a quarter of cases of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy and is associated with a more severe clinical outcome. We report the case of a 55-year-old postmenopausal woman with transient biventricular apical ballooning. She recently had acute exacerbation of multiple sclerosis. Regional and global function of both ventricles was estimated using two-dimensional speckle tracking strain echocardiography. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Clin Ultrasound 42:121-124, 2014 [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]