title: A case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy: transient left ventricular apical ballooning.
abstract: A 78-year-old woman was admitted to hospital with central chest pain and the electrocardiographic and cardiac marker changes typical of acute anterior myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography revealed normal epicardial coronary arteries, and left ventriculography showed apical akinesis as well as basal hyperkinesis. This is a case of transient left ventricular apical ballooning or takotsubo cardiomyopathy, possibly attributable to catecholamine-mediated myocardial stunning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong.
authors.forename: K C H
authors.initials: KC
authors.lastname: Lau
authors.forename: K K H
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Yiu
authors.forename: K L
authors.initials: KL
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R L Y
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Ko
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Lam
authors.forename: S W L
authors.initials: SW
authors.lastname: Lee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000175:diagnosis; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology