title: Transient left ventricular apical ballooning: magnetic resonance imaging evaluation.
abstract: The magnetic resonance imaging characteristics of transient left ventricular apical ballooning are described in this report, and the features that distinguish it from acute myocardial infarction are emphasized.
authors.affiliation: Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Fritz
authors.forename: Ilan S
authors.initials: IS
authors.lastname: Wittstein
authors.forename: João A C
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Lima
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Bluemke
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002037:Bundle-Branch Block / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D009200:Myocardial Contraction / Q000502:physiology; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D009206:Myocardium / Q000473:pathology; D013318:Stroke Volume / Q000502:physiology; D014022:Tissue Survival; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis*