Mid-ventricular ballooning heart syndrome.
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.
Aubert
Jean Marc
JM
Intensive Care Unit, Cardiology Hospital, Lille, France.
Ennezat
Pierre Vladimir
PV
Tricot
Olivier
O
Darchis
Julie
J
Bauchart
Jean Jacques
JJ
Auffray
Jean Luc
JL
Lesenne
Martine
M
Van Belle
Eric
E
Goldstein
Patrick
P
Asseman
Philippe
P
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