Early postoperative tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction: transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome.
We diagnosed transient left ventricular apical wall motion abnormalities after surgery in a patient presenting with a clinical and electrocardiographic picture of acute myocardial infarction in the absence of significant coronary disease. These angiographic, clinical, and electrocardiographic features satisfied the criteria of the recently described tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction.
Lentschener
Claude
C
Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France. claude.lentschener@cch.aphp.fr
Vignaux
Olivier
O
Spaulding
Christian
C
Bonnichon
Philippe
P
Legmann
Paul
P
Ozier
Yves
Y
D017023:Coronary Angiography / Q000379:methods*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging / Q000379:methods*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011184:Postoperative Period; D013965:Thyroidectomy / Q000009:adverse effects; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis*