title: Left ventricular apical ballooning.
abstract: Transient left ventricular apical ballooning is an acute cardiac syndrome characterised by an abrupt onset of chest pain and is usually associated with anterior electrocardiographic changes. The observed apical ballooning of the left ventricle is usually reversible and develops in the absence of significant atherosclerotic coronary artery disease. Here we present (to our knowledge) the first case of this syndrome in a negroid patient.
authors.affiliation: Vascular Medicine, Department of General Internal Medicine & Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands. R.Alizadehdehnavi@lumc.nl
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Alizadeh Dehnavi
authors.forename: Ernst E
authors.initials: EE
authors.lastname: van der Wall
authors.forename: Pieter C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Smits
mesh_terms: D044383:Black People; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D006329:Heart Conduction System / Q000503:physiopathology; D006801:Humans; D006985:Hyperventilation / Q000209:etiology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013577:Syndrome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*