Jennifer Tremmel

Publication Details

• "Tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction": a clinical entity mimicking acute myocardial infarction with a favorable prognosis.

  Farouque HM, Kaltenbach T, Ako J, Tremmel JA, Fearon WF, Yeung AC, Vagelos RH. Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 2004 Nov-Dec; 13 (6): 323-6

  An emotionally-distressed, elderly Caucasian woman presented with chest pain and hypertension. Electrocardiogram showed inferior ST-segment elevation, and an urgent cardiac catheterization was performed. Coronary angiography revealed normal appearing coronary arteries; however, left ventriculography showed extensive left ventricular apical akinesis. The patient had a mild rise in cardiac enzyme levels indicative of myocardial injury. She was discharged after an uncomplicated in-hospital course. One month later, the left ventricular wall motion abnormality had improved. In this report, the authors discuss this compilation of findings known as tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction.

  PubMedID: 15538070