Open AccessA variant of Takotsubo syndrome concomitant with left atrial myxoma
Author(s) -
Ishibashi Naoki,
Nagai Michiaki,
Dote Keigo,
Kato Masaya,
Oda Noboru,
Tachibana Hitoshi,
Katayama Akira
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
clinical case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 9
ISSN - 2050-0904
DOI - 10.1002/ccr3.5529
Subject(s) - medicine , concomitant , takotsubo syndrome , left atrial myxoma , myxoma , cardiology , pathological , cardiac tumors , embolism , cerebral embolism , cardiomyopathy , left atrium , heart failure , atrial fibrillation
We treated an 80‐year‐old Japanese woman who had Takotsubo syndrome (TTS) concomitant with a left atrial (LA) tumor. Left ventriculography revealed a variant of TTS. In cardiac surgery, the LA mass was successfully resected without embolism, with the pathological diagnosis of myxoma.