Transient left ventricular apical ballooning: magnetic resonance imaging evaluation.
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.
Fritz
Jan
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Russell H. Morgan Department of Radiology and Radiological Science, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA.
Wittstein
Ilan S
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Lima
João A C
JA
Bluemke
David A
DA
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*