title: Assessment of coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in left apical ballooning syndrome.
abstract: We present the time course of transthoracic coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending artery in a patient who suffered a transient left apical ballooning syndrome.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Compiègne Hospital, Compiègne, France. patrickmeimoun@free.fr
authors.forename: Patrick
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Meimoun
authors.forename: Dorothée
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Malaquin
authors.forename: Tahar
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Benali
authors.forename: Christophe
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Tribouilloy
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001783:Blood Flow Velocity; D003326:Coronary Circulation; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000503:physiopathology*