Reversible left ventricular hypertrophy after tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy
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Higashikuni, Y
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Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138655, JapanUniv Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
Higashikuni, Y
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Sata, M
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Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138655, JapanUniv Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
Sata, M
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Nagai, R
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Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138655, JapanUniv Tokyo, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Bunkyo Ku, Tokyo 1138655, Japan
Nagai, R
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Tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy is a newly-recognized enigmatic disease characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction of a broad area of the apex with a hyperkinetic area around the cardiac base. There is ST-segment elevation with no coronary stenosis. The exact mechanism for this entity remains unknown. Here, we report a case of tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy that showed a marked left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) when the wall motion returned to normal. LVH was normalized at 10 months. The cause of LVH remains unknown.