Faculty Opinions recommendation of Comparison of the extent and severity of myocardial perfusion defects measured by CT coronary angiography and SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging.

Author(s):  
Joanne Schuijf
2016 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Federico Ferrando-Castagnetto ◽  
Rodrigo Díaz ◽  
Alejandro Vidal ◽  
Roberto Ricca-Mallada ◽  
Mariela Lujambio ◽  
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Tako-tsubo disease (TD) is an unusual and paradigmatic clinical entity of unknown pathophysiology characterized by acute apical dysfunction usually triggered by physical or emotional stress. We describe the case of a woman with TD presenting early myocardial perfusion defects with transient dilatation and systolic dysfunction of left ventricle in gated-SPECT myocardial perfusion imaging, discussing the more likely mechanisms suggested by these functional findings.


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