title: Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba, Curitiba, PR. rwang@cardiol.br
authors.forename: Ricardo
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Newton F Stadler
authors.initials: NF
authors.lastname: Souza
authors.forename: Jose Augusto Ribas
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Fortes
authors.forename: Gilmar Jorge Dos
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Santos
authors.forename: Jose Rocha
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Faria Neto
authors.forename: Lidia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zytinski
mesh_terms: 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*
chemical_list: D014663:Nasal Decongestants; D010109:Oxymetazoline