Five cases of transient left ventricular apical ballooning--the experience of a Portuguese center.
Transient left ventricular apical dyskinesia (apical ballooning syndrome, ABS) is characterized by transient alterations in regional wall motion, involving the mid and apical segments of the left ventricle, as well as electrocardiographic alterations, mimicking ST-elevation acute myocardial infarction, in the absence of obstructive disease of the epicardial coronary arteries. In this article, we present a series of five cases of ABS and a theoretical review of the syndrome.
Lopes
Luís Rocha
LR
Serviço de Cardiologia, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal. luisrlopes@hotmail.com
Vinhas
Hugo
H
Cordeiro
Pedro
P
Guardado
Jorge
J
Pereira
Hélder
H
Catarino
Carlos
C
Carrageta
Manuel
M
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011174:Portugal; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis*