Unique Morphological Variations of Transient Midventricular Syndrome: A Case Series-Review

Transient midventricular ballooning: a case report and review of the literature

BACKGROUND We describe a case of transient left midventricular ballooning in 68-year-old male patient presented with picture of acute coronary syndrome. CASE PRESENTATION The left ventriculogram showed mid ventricular akinesis and dilatation along with hypercontractile apex and basal segments. Follow up echocardiogram after one month showed resolution of wall motions abnormalities and normali...

Non-traumatic Causes of Brown-Sequard Syndrome: A Case Series and Clinical Update with Systematic Review.

Background: Brown-Sequard syndrome (BSS) is a rare neurological condition resulting from a hemisection injury to or unilateral compression on the spinal cord. The most common causes of BSS that are amenable to be treated surgically can be divided into traumatic and non-traumatic injuries. Traumatic injuries are often reported as the main cause of BSS. However, non-traumatic injuries of the spin...

Kartagener’s syndrome: review of a case series

BACKGROUND Kartagener Syndrome (KS) is a rare autosomal recessive genetic disorder, resulting in a group of clinical manifestations, including bronchiectasis, chronic pansinusitis and situs inversus. METHODS We hereby reviewed eight cases of this rare entity selected from patients attending our outpatients Respiratory Unit since 2006. Samples of respiratory epithelium were obtained with the m...

ransient Midventricular Ballooning Syndrome

We describe a new variant of transient left ventricular (LV) ballooning in North American Caucasian patients in which only the midventricle is affected. The patients described in this case series initially presented with emotional or physical stress and had similarities to transient apical ballooning syndrome; however, this variant is unique in that the transient ballooning involves the midvent...

Hydrocarbon Toxicity: A Review of Literature and Case Series