title: Recurrent left ventricular apical ballooning induced by recurrent stress.
abstract: This paper reports on a 67-year-old woman with apical ballooning and recurrent dyskinesia of left ventricular wall. During MRI-examination the patient developed severe apical dyskinesia of the left ventricle induced by agoraphobia in the magnet.
authors.forename: Tilo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kleinfeldt
authors.forename: Raik
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Severin
authors.forename: Stefan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lischke
authors.forename: Hueseyin
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ince
authors.forename: Christoph A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Nienaber
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D012008:Recurrence; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000150:complications*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology