Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome: all that glitters is not apical.
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.
Cortese
Bernardo
B
Servizio di Emondinamica, Ospedali del Tigullio Lavagna, Lavagna, Italy. bcortese@gmail.com
Robotti
Stefano
S
Puggioni
Enrico
E
Bianchi
Federico
F
Lupi
Gabriele
G
Brignole
Michele
M
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