title: [Apical ballooning syndrome in a 57-year-old woman during premedication for general anaesthesia].
abstract: Apical ballooning after sudden emotional stress is a new syndrome characterised by abrupt onset of angina-like chest pain, ST-segment elevation, wall motion abnormalities involving the lower anterior wall and apex without significant coronary artery stenosis. We present a case of a 57-year-old woman with apical ballooning syndrome which occurred during premedication the general anaesthesia. We also found an increased B-type natriuretic peptide level in this patent--the finding not reported previously in the literature.
authors.affiliation: I Katedra i Klinika Kardiologii AM, Samodzielny Publiczny Centralny Szpital Kliniczny, ul. Banacha 1a, 02-097 Warszawa. marcin.grabowski@amwaw.edu.pl
authors.forename: Marcin
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Grabowski
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Karpiński
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kochman
authors.forename: Janusz
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kochanowski
authors.forename: Radosław
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Piatkowski
authors.forename: Piotr
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Scisło
authors.forename: Krzysztof J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Filipiak
authors.forename: Grzegorz
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Opolski
mesh_terms: D000768:Anesthesia, General / Q000009:adverse effects*; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000209:etiology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain / Q000097:blood; D011292:Premedication / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000523:psychology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications; D013577:Syndrome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*
chemical_list: D020097:Natriuretic Peptide, Brain