Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse.
We describe a typical case of apical ballooning syndrome in an octogenarian female patient with left ventricular wall motion abnormality on electrocardiography, whose ventricular function returned to normal. The patient has allergic rhinitis and had used nasal decongestant excessively a few hours prior to the episode of pain.
Wang
Ricardo
R
Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR. rwang@cardiol.br
Souza
Newton F Stadler
NF
Fortes
Jose Augusto Ribas
JA
Santos
Gilmar Jorge Dos
GJ
Faria Neto
Jose Rocha
JR
Zytinski
Lidia
L
D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D062787:Drug Overdose; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D014663:Nasal Decongestants / Q000009:adverse effects*; D010109:Oxymetazoline / Q000009:adverse effects*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000139:chemically induced*
D014663:Nasal Decongestants; D010109:Oxymetazoline