title: Myocardial scintigraphy in a patient with transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy: case report.
abstract: We report a case of a 51-year-old man with transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy. Left ventriculography demonstrated mid-ventricular ballooning and akinesis with hypercontractile apical and basal segments. Iodine-123-beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-penta-decanoic acid myocardial scintigraphy showed decreased uptake in the mid-ventricle, corresponding to the mid-ventricular akinetic region. This is the first report of a transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy observed by not only left ventriculography but myocardial scintigraphy.
authors: Masatomo
authors: M
authors: Yoshikawa
authors: Takeshi
authors: T
authors: Yamamoto
authors: Akihiro
authors: A
authors: Shirakabe
authors: Tadaaki
authors: T
authors: Ohno
authors: Keiji
authors: K
authors: Tanaka
mesh_terms: D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D005227:Fatty Acids; D006801:Humans; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography
chemical_list: D005227:Fatty Acids; D007457:Iodine Radioisotopes; D007462:Iodobenzenes; C049338:iodofiltic acid