title: Transient left ventricular apical ballooning after a cocaine binge.
abstract: Left ventricular apical ballooning is an increasingly reported phenomenon with an onset that is usually triggered by severe and often acute emotional incidents. We report a rare case of acute left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome, mimicking acute ST-elevation myocardial infarction, in a post menopausal woman whose only predisposing factor was an all-night cocaine binge.
authors.affiliation: St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital Center, University Hospital of Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, 1111 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10025, USA. mattmdmd@gmail.com
authors.forename: Matthew A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Daka
authors.forename: Raffay S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Eric J
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Deppert
mesh_terms: D019970:Cocaine-Related Disorders / Q000150:complications*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015637:Gated Blood-Pool Imaging; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D020127:Recovery of Function; D013318:Stroke Volume; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D017725:Ventricular Pressure