title: A new variant of Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy: transient mid-ventricular ballooning.
abstract: Stress cardiomyopathy is a reversible left ventricular dysfunction precipitated by emotional stress. Affected patients are generally women, whose symptoms are similar to myocardial infarction with reversible apical dyskinesis associated with hypercontractile basal segments and no evidence for hemodynamically significant coronary arterial stenoses by angiography. We report the case of an 82-year-old woman who presented with acute onset of chest pain after emotional stress and with reversible left ventricular dysfunction consisting of akinesis of the midventricular segments and hyperkinesis of the basal and apical segments.
authors.affiliation: M.G. Vannini Hospital, Rome, Italy.
authors.forename: Luca
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cacciotti
authors.forename: Giovanni S
authors.initials: GS
authors.lastname: Camastra
authors.forename: Sergio
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Beni
authors.forename: Paride
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Giannantoni
authors.forename: Salvatore
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Musarò
authors.forename: Igino
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Proietti
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: De Angelis
authors.forename: Raffaella
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Semeraro
authors.forename: Gerardo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ansalone
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D002317:Cardiovascular Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D019561:Echocardiography, Four-Dimensional; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009200:Myocardial Contraction; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology
chemical_list: D002317:Cardiovascular Agents