Apical ballooning syndrome
Posted by: Johnson Francis on: 19 Sep, 2009
Apical ballooning syndrome is known by the following eponyms except:
A. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
B. Broken heart syndrome
C. Tachycardiomyopathy
D. Stress cardiomyopathy
Answer: C
All the others are eponyms for apical ballooning syndrome. Tachycardiomyopathy is secondary to long standing tachycardia as in atrial fibrillation or permanent junctional tachycardia.
