Apical thrombus associated with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a young woman.

Echocardiography

Heart Failure Service, E. Wolfson Medical Center, Heart Institute, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Holon, Israel.

Published: May 2009

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We report a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy complicated by left ventricular apical thrombus in a young woman; the thrombus and wall motion abnormalities disappeared after 3 weeks of anticoagulant therapy. These findings suggest that appropriate anticoagulation therapy should be performed in patients with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy until wall motion abnormalities improve.

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