Point-of-care Ultrasound Used in the Diagnosis of Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Reverse takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare variant of takotsubo cardiomyopathy and involves basal ballooning instead of apical ballooning. Ultrasound findings concerning for reverse takotsubo cardiomyopathy are basal wall hypokinesis or akinesis.
Authors
- Annemarie Daecher
- Claire Abramoff (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-9573-7145)
- Pooja Dave
Institutions
- Jefferson Einstein Philadelphia Hospital (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Clinical Practice and Cases in Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/cpcem.20811
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Associated Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.80