title: Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome: all that glitters is not apical.
abstract: Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is a new entity in the field of acute coronary syndromes and percutaneous coronary intervention. A 92-year-old patient presented with an intriguing, previously undescribed finding: the 'migrant' nature of the wall motion abnormalities, first involving the inferior wall and, subsequently, the apical region of the left ventricle. We add a small piece to the complicated puzzle represented by this syndrome.
authors: Servizio di Emondinamica, Ospedali del Tigullio Lavagna, Lavagna, Italy. bcortese@gmail.com
authors: Bernardo
authors: B
authors: Cortese
authors: Stefano
authors: S
authors: Robotti
authors: Enrico
authors: E
authors: Puggioni
authors: Federico
authors: F
authors: Bianchi
authors: Gabriele
authors: G
authors: Lupi
authors: Michele
authors: M
authors: Brignole
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015635:Radionuclide Ventriculography; D013577:Syndrome; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D014463:Ultrasonography