Open AccessTakotsubo cardiomyopathy with basal hypertrophy and outflow obstruction in a patient with bowel ischemia
Author(s) -
Ahmad Abuarqoub,
Rana Garis,
Hamid Shaaban,
Ibrahim Khaddash,
Fayez Shamoon
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international journal of critical illness and injury science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.274
H-Index - 12
eISSN - 2231-5004
pISSN - 2229-5151
DOI - 10.4103/ijciis.ijciis_47_17
Subject(s) - medicine , muscle hypertrophy , cardiology , basal (medicine) , cardiomyopathy , hypertrophic cardiomyopathy , ischemia , chronic hypertension , sigmoid colon , heart failure , rectum , pregnancy , biology , insulin , preeclampsia , genetics
Basal septal hypertrophy is a rare and unique anatomical finding associated with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). It is also described as a sigmoid hypertrophy and is linked with aging and chronic hypertension. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a transient cardiomyopathy that occurs during periods of high physical or emotional stress. Its occurrence with HCM is relatively common; however, this presentation occurs more often with the classic asymmetrical septal hypertrophy or the apical variant. This case demonstrates its coexistence with isolated sigmoid hypertrophy in an elderly, hypertensive female with severe ischemic bowel disease.