Echocardiographic assessment of regional left ventricular wall motion abnormalities in patients with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: comparison with anterior myocardial infarction
Author(s) -
R Citro,
F Rigo,
Quirino Ciampi,
Antonello D’Andrea,
Gennaro Provenza,
M. Mirra,
Roberta Giudice,
F. Silvestri,
Giuseppe Di Benedetto,
Eduardo Bossone
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
european journal of echocardiography
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1525-2167
pISSN - 1532-2114
DOI - 10.1093/ejechocard/jer059
Subject(s) - medicine , cardiology , myocardial infarction , right coronary artery , ejection fraction , circumflex , artery , cardiomyopathy , contractility , heart failure , coronary angiography
The aim of this study was to assess the echocardiographic distribution of regional wall motion abnormalities (RWMA) in patients with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) compared with anterior ST-elevation myocardial infarction (ant-STEMI).
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