TY - JOUR AU - Ichihara, Noboru AU - Fujita, Shuichi AU - Kanzaki, Yumiko AU - Fujisaka, Tomohiro AU - Ozeki, Michishige AU - Ishizaka, Nobukazu PY - 2017 DA - 2017/12/12 TI - Basal wall hypercontraction of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a patient who had been diagnosed with dilated cardiomyopathy: a case report JO - BMC Cardiovascular Disorders SP - 293 VL - 17 IS - 1 AB - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by the basal hypercontractility and apical ballooning of the left ventriculum and T-wave inversion in the electrocardiogram. It has been suggested that Takotsubo cardiomyopathy might underlie the pathogenesis of persistent cardiac dysfunction; however, few reports are present demonstrating the advent of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. SN - 1471-2261 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12872-017-0730-z DO - 10.1186/s12872-017-0730-z ID - Ichihara2017 ER -