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ArticleCureus2020

Right and Left Ventricular Takotsubo: Same Two-Headed Monster or Different Beasts?

Hajir Zohourian

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Article in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author.

Hajir ZohourianHeart Center of Excellence, Broward Health Medical Center, Fort Lauderdale, USA.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Right ventricular involvement in takotsubo cardiomyopathy is poorly understood and may be more common than previously reported. The significant hemodynamic ramification of this condition is elicited in this case report in which an 81-year-old female suffered a deadly biventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy with subsequent resolution of left ventricular function but the persistence of right ventricular dysfunction. In this case, we highlight the importance of shifting focus to different recovery patterns within the two ventricles. Through a review of published cases, we have found an absence of attention to the right ventricle, an inconsistency in the appropriate diagnostic criteria of right ventricular takotsubo, and a lack of reporting on its recovery timing. This knowledge gap requires future studies.

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biventricular dysfunctionright ventricular dysfunctionstress cardiomyopathytakotsubo syndromeventriculographywall motion abnormality

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PMID33500854
PMCPMC7819713

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