title: Mid-ventricular ballooning heart syndrome.
abstract: Stress cardiomyopathies have been increasingly reported these last years, especially in women as a transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome. We report six cases in whom, in the context of anxious situations, echocardiograms and ventriculographies revealed mid-ventricular akinesis with preservation of apical and basal contractilities with normal coronary arteriography. This "mid-ventricular ballooning heart syndrome " should probably be classified as a new type of heart stress related syndrome.
authors: Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology Hospital, Lille, France.
authors: Jean Marc
authors: JM
authors: Aubert
authors: Pierre Vladimir
authors: PV
authors: Ennezat
authors: Olivier
authors: O
authors: Tricot
authors: Julie
authors: J
authors: Darchis
authors: Jean Jacques
authors: JJ
authors: Bauchart
authors: Jean Luc
authors: JL
authors: Auffray
authors: Martine
authors: M
authors: Lesenne
authors: Eric
authors: E
authors: Van Belle
authors: Patrick
authors: P
authors: Goldstein
authors: Philippe
authors: P
authors: Asseman
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000523:psychology; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D013318:Stroke Volume; D013577:Syndrome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology