Can longitudinal strain analysis differentiate between Takotsubo syndrome and acute coronary syndrome?
Aleksandra WilkWojciech KrólŻarek-Starzewska AnnaMarlena Ziemska-GorczycaWeronika TeteraMarcin KonopkaMaria Binkiewicz-OrlukWojciech BraksatorPublished in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2022)
Patients with TTS are characterized by a different LS pattern in the apical segments of the left ventricle compared to patients with STEMI. TTE examination with LS remains insufficient to distinguish TTS from ACS at the early stage of diagnosis.
Keyphrases
- acute coronary syndrome
- early stage
- percutaneous coronary intervention
- antiplatelet therapy
- st segment elevation myocardial infarction
- st elevation myocardial infarction
- pulmonary hypertension
- mitral valve
- pulmonary artery
- squamous cell carcinoma
- case report
- coronary artery disease
- sentinel lymph node
- lymph node
- congenital heart disease