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Transient left ventricular apical ballooning.
http://ccn.aacnjournals.org Brenda McCulloch is a clinical nurse specialist for the Sutter Heart Institute in Sacramento, California. She has 25 years of experience in cardiovascular nursing, with a concentration in interventional cardiology. Transient left ventricular apical ballooning, also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is an unusual abnormality that may be the underlying cause of signs ...
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A 79-year-old white woman with known hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) presented with sudden-onset chest pain and no identifiable stressor. Examination suggested a new apical 3/6 systolic murmur and pulmonary edema. A 12-lead electrocardiogram showed anterolateral wall ischemia. The patient’s peak troponin T level was 2.5 ng/mL. Echocardiography revealed a basal hypertrophied septu...
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The Medical Journal of Australia ISSN: 0025729X 15 November 2004 181 10 572-572 ©The Medical Journal of Australia 2004 www.mja.com.au Snapshot placed for the management of cardiogenic shock. A gram 3 weeks later showed normal left ventricu function. The patient had acute transient apical ballooning coronary arteries (“Takotsubo” cardiomyopathy). Firs 1990, the presentation is similar to that of...
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INTRODUCTION The apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) is a single reversible cardiomyopathy often triggered by a stressful event. We aimed to present a case report regarding this disorder. CASE PRESENTATION Here we present the case of a 77-year-old female hypertensive patient, sedentary and non-smoker, diagnosed with apical ballooning syndrome. We describe the clinical signs and symptoms, changes...
متن کاملAssessment of clinical features in transient left ventricular apical ballooning.
OBJECTIVES We sought to assess the clinical features of transient left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning. BACKGROUND Although several cases regarding transient LV apical ballooning have been reported, the etiology remains unknown. METHODS We investigated 17 patients (14 women, median age 74 years old with a range of 54 to 91 years old) who fulfilled the following criteria: 1) transient LV ...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Heart
سال: 2004
ISSN: 1355-6037
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2004.046813