Left ventricular apical ballooning - A novel cardiac disease mimicking acute coronary syndrome: A case report in a Caucasian patient

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 398-400

  Auer, Johann ^a   Porodko, Michael ^a   Berent, Robert ^a   Punzengruber, Christian ^a   Weber, Thomas ^a   Lamm, Gudrun ^a   Eber, Bernd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Acute coronary syndrome; Coronary angiography; Emotional stress; Left ventricular apical ballooning; Physical stress; Ventriculography

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ENOXAPARIN; FIBRINOLYTIC AGENT; OPIATE;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CARDIOGENIC SHOCK; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; CORONARY ARTERY OBSTRUCTION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECG ABNORMALITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FIBRINOLYTIC THERAPY; HEART DISEASE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE; HUMAN; LEFT VENTRICULAR APICAL BALLOONING SYNDROME; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICAL STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX DISEASE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DILATATION, PATHOLOGIC; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION, LEFT;

EID: 28844440772     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2004.12.085     Document Type: Article

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