Ventricular Septal Perforation after Biventricular Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Successfully Repaired with an Amplatzer Device: First Report in the Literature

<div>(a) Transthoracic echocardiogram (TTE) on admission, anterior and apical severe hypokinesia in both ventricles (apical ballooning pattern), and integrity of ventricular septum (dotted line and video); (b) TTE at the 4th day showing apical ventricular septal perforation (arrow) and a left ventricular ejection fraction of 41% (video); (c) TTE previous to discharge with the Amplatzer device and an improved left ejection fraction of 52%, with normal contractility in the right and left chambers (video).</div>

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Figure 1: Ventricular Septal Perforation after Biventricular Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Successfully Repaired with an Amplatzer Device: First Report in the Literature 

Figure 1 | Ventricular Septal Perforation after Biventricular Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Successfully Repaired with an Amplatzer Device: First Report in the Literature 