Heart broken. An unusual case of biventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by STEMI and Left ventricular thrombi. A case report

• Main Authors: Muhammad Atif Masood Noori (Author), Hasham Saeed (Author), Abanoub Rushdy (Author), Sherif Elkattawy (Author), Qirat Jawed (Author), Nirmal Guragai (Author), Fayez Shamoon (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Greater Baltimore Medical Center, 2021-09-01T00:00:00Z.
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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is a rare occurrence in patients with troponin-positive acute coronary syndrome (ACS). It usually manifests as transient apical ballooning of the left ventricle with concomitant occurrence of right ventricular involvement in only one-third of cases. Biventricular TCM i...