title: Reversibility of myocardial dyskinaesia due to severe hypertension.
abstract: Two cases of acute left ventricular failure associated with severe essential hypertension are presented. On admission echocardiography indicated severe dyskinaesia of all wall segments of the heart. Anti-hypertensive treatment resulted in significant improvement in clinical and echocardiographic findings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Zuiderziekenhuis, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Veen
authors.forename: F R
authors.initials: FR
authors.lastname: den Hartog
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Verburgh
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dees
authors.forename: P W
authors.initials: PW
authors.lastname: de Leeuw
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left