Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse.

نویسندگان

  • Ricardo Wang
  • Newton F Stadler Souza
  • Jose Augusto Ribas Fortes
  • Gilmar Jorge Dos Santos
  • Jose Rocha Faria Neto
  • Lidia Zytinski
چکیده

We describe a typical case of apical ballooning syndrome in an octogenarian female patient with left ventricular wall motion abnormality on electrocardiography, whose ventricular function returned to normal. The patient has allergic rhinitis and had used nasal decongestant excessively a few hours prior to the episode of pain.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia

دوره 93 5  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2009