Apical Ballooning Syndrome (apical + ballooning_syndrome)

Distribution by Scientific Domains


Selected Abstracts


Apical Ballooning Syndrome or Takotsubo Syndrome: A Novel Cardiac Syndrome

CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE, Issue 6 2007
Surya M. Artham MD
First page of article [source]


Apical Ballooning Syndrome in a Postoperative Patient with Normal Microvascular Perfusion by Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Issue 7 2005
Gautam Ramakrishna M.D.
Apical ballooning syndrome is classically described as transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, marked LV akinesia, and normal or near-normal coronary arteries. The etiology is unclear and there is limited information based on case reports and small case series. We describe a 35-year-old woman who underwent surgical hepatectomy and developed apical ballooning syndrome in the postoperative period. The novel use of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in this setting demonstrated intact microvascular perfusion and lack of coronary flow-limiting abnormalities despite apical akinesis. In select patients with similar clinical presentations, performing MCE is safe and may be pursued as an alternative to invasive coronary angiography. [source]


Special Attention for Elderly Women: Atypical Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome Induced by Dobutamine Stress Test: A Case Report

JOURNAL OF AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY, Issue 9 2009
Osman Sonmez MD
No abstract is available for this article. [source]


Apical Ballooning Syndrome in a Postoperative Patient with Normal Microvascular Perfusion by Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Issue 7 2005
Gautam Ramakrishna M.D.
Apical ballooning syndrome is classically described as transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, marked LV akinesia, and normal or near-normal coronary arteries. The etiology is unclear and there is limited information based on case reports and small case series. We describe a 35-year-old woman who underwent surgical hepatectomy and developed apical ballooning syndrome in the postoperative period. The novel use of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in this setting demonstrated intact microvascular perfusion and lack of coronary flow-limiting abnormalities despite apical akinesis. In select patients with similar clinical presentations, performing MCE is safe and may be pursued as an alternative to invasive coronary angiography. [source]


Mid-Ventricular Ballooning Heart Syndrome

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Issue 4 2007
Jean Marc Aubert M.D.
Stress cardiomyopathies have been increasingly reported these last years, especially in women as a transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome. We report six cases in whom, in the context of anxious situations, echocardiograms and ventriculographies revealed mid-ventricular akinesis with preservation of apical and basal contractilities with normal coronary arteriography. This "mid-ventricular ballooning heart syndrome " should probably be classified as a new type of heart stress related syndrome. [source]


Apical Ballooning Syndrome in a Postoperative Patient with Normal Microvascular Perfusion by Myocardial Contrast Echocardiography

ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY, Issue 7 2005
Gautam Ramakrishna M.D.
Apical ballooning syndrome is classically described as transient left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, marked LV akinesia, and normal or near-normal coronary arteries. The etiology is unclear and there is limited information based on case reports and small case series. We describe a 35-year-old woman who underwent surgical hepatectomy and developed apical ballooning syndrome in the postoperative period. The novel use of myocardial contrast echocardiography (MCE) in this setting demonstrated intact microvascular perfusion and lack of coronary flow-limiting abnormalities despite apical akinesis. In select patients with similar clinical presentations, performing MCE is safe and may be pursued as an alternative to invasive coronary angiography. [source]