Regional alterations in myocardial sympathetic innervation in patients with transient left-ventricular apical ballooning (Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy) |
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Authors: | Christof Burgdorf Katharina von Hof Heribert Schunkert Volkhard Kurowski |
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Institution: | 1. Medizinische Klinik II, Universit?tsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany 2. Klinik für Radiologie und Nuklearmedizin, Universit?tsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Lübeck, Germany
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Abstract: | Background Excess sympathetic nervous activity was proposed to play a crucial role in the pathogenesis of transient left-ventricular
apical ballooning (TLVAB, also known as Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy). This study was conducted to assess presynaptic adrenergic alterations in the dysfunctional myocardium of patients with
TLVAB.
Methods and Results Ten consecutive patients undergoing coronary angiography for acute coronary syndrome who fulfilled the proposed Mayo Clinic
criteria for the diagnosis of TLVAB were investigated. Myocardial iodine-123 metaiodobenzylguanidine (123I-MIBG) studies (planar and single-photon emission computed tomography SPECT]) were performed to evaluate adrenergic innervation.
Concomitantly, myocardial perfusion was assessed by means of technetium-99m methoxyisobutylisonitrile (99mTc-MIBI) SPECT. In all patients, angiography revealed typical ballooning of the left-ventricular (LV) apex and hyperkinesis
of the basal LV segments (overall ejection fraction, 41%±5% mean±SEM]). Planar 123I-MIBG scans revealed decreased heart-to-mediastinum ratios at early (20 minutes) and delayed (4 hours) images (2.1±0.1 and
1.9±0.1, respectively). The cardiac washout rate of 123I-MIBG on the late images was increased to 34%±3%. The 123I-MIBG uptake on SPECT scans was obviously reduced in the akinetic LV apex (defect score, 3.30±0.34), whereas 99mTc-MIBI SPECT indicated normal or only mildly reduced perfusion within this region (defect score, 0.89±0.35).
Conclusions Our study indicates a functional alteration in presynaptic sympathetic neurotransmission in patients with TLVAB, and suggests
a pathophysiologic explanation of the impairment of LV function. |
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Keywords: | Apical ballooning Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy adregenic innervation 123I-MIBG 99mTC-MIBI SPECT |
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