title: Transient cerebral ischemic attack induced by transient left ventricular apical ballooning.
abstract: A 57-year-old woman had transient right hemiplegia 2 days after physical stress. An electrocardiogram exhibited T-wave inversion with QT prolongation. An echocardiogram revealed akinesia of the entire left ventricle except for the basal region. Cranial computed tomography and transthoracic echocardiography revealed an apical thrombus that disappeared 1 month later. Coronary angiography was normal. After 3 months, left ventricular wall motion had completely normalized.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Internal Medicine, Mie University School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan; Section of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Matsusaka City Hospital, 1550 Tonomachi, Matsusaka, Mie 515-8544, Japan.
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matsuoka
authors.forename: Shigeho
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nakayama
authors.forename: Setsuya
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Okubo
authors.forename: Eitaro
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fujii
authors.forename: Fumiya
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Uchida
authors.forename: Takeshi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakano