Prominent J-wave and T-wave alternans associated with mechanical alternans in a patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Rintaro Hojo, MD; Seiji Fukamizu, MD; Takeshi Kitamura, MD; Kota Komiyama, MD; Yasuhiro Tanabe, MD; Tamotsu Tejima, MD; Mitsuhiro Nishizaki, MD, PhD; Harumizu Sakurada, MD; Masayasu Hiraoka, MD, PhD

doi:10.1016/j.joa.2014.03.008

Journal of Arrhythmia (Feb 2015)

Prominent J-wave and T-wave alternans associated with mechanical alternans in a patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Rintaro Hojo, MD,
Seiji Fukamizu, MD,
Takeshi Kitamura, MD,
Kota Komiyama, MD,
Yasuhiro Tanabe, MD,
Tamotsu Tejima, MD,
Mitsuhiro Nishizaki, MD, PhD,
Harumizu Sakurada, MD,
Masayasu Hiraoka, MD, PhD

Affiliations

Rintaro Hojo, MD: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Seiji Fukamizu, MD: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Takeshi Kitamura, MD: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Kota Komiyama, MD: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Yasuhiro Tanabe, MD: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Tamotsu Tejima, MD: Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Metropolitan Hiroo Hospital, 2-34-10, Ebisu, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo 150-0013, Japan
Mitsuhiro Nishizaki, MD, PhD: Department of Cardiology, Yokohama Minami Kyosai Hospital, Japan
Harumizu Sakurada, MD: Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Medical Treatment Corporation Ohkubo Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
Masayasu Hiraoka, MD, PhD: Toride Kitasohma Medical Center Hospital, Ibaraki, Japan

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.joa.2014.03.008
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 31, no. 1
pp. 43 – 46

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A 74-year-old woman with takotsubo cardiomyopathy developed polymorphic ventricular tachycardia during the acute phase. She exhibited prominent J-wave and T-wave alternans preceding ventricular tachycardia. These abnormalities disappeared after recovery from myocardial stunning.

Published in Journal of Arrhythmia

ISSN: 1880-4276 (Print); 1883-2148 (Online)
Publisher: Wiley
Country of publisher: Australia
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/18832148

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