title: A case with transient anterolateral wall ballooning syndrome; new variant form of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy?
abstract: Proposed to be a new variant form of the left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome or the so-called "Takotsubo cardiomyopathy" the presented case has several clinical characteristics resembling previous reported cases of this particular syndrome except for its unique anterolateral wall akinesis and sparing basal and apical wall motion with preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawai'i, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA. pwipat@gmail.com
authors.forename: Wipat
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Phanthawimol
authors.forename: Hiroki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.forename: Osamu
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Fukuyama
mesh_terms: D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002637:Chest Pain / Q000175:diagnosis*; D017023:Coronary Angiography; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D013318:Stroke Volume; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D016277:Ventricular Function, Left