Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is characterized by transient akinesis of the left ventricular apex with basal wall hyperkinesis; this is also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. There are three distinct contractile LV patterns described in the literature: apical, midventricular...

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Main Authors: R. Zbinden, M. Mutter, D. Weishaupt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Cardiology
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/537169
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spelling doaj-69347f23848f4970b4aefc80dc91a0e12020-11-24T21:30:02ZengHindawi LimitedCase Reports in Cardiology2090-64042090-64122012-01-01201210.1155/2012/537169537169Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo CardiomyopathyR. Zbinden0M. Mutter1D. Weishaupt2Department of Cardiology, Triemlispital Zurich, 8063 Zurich, SwitzerlandDepartment of Cardiology, Kantonsspital Glarus, 8750 Glarus, SwitzerlandDepartment of Radiology, Triemlispital Zurich, 8063 Zurich, SwitzerlandTransient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is characterized by transient akinesis of the left ventricular apex with basal wall hyperkinesis; this is also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. There are three distinct contractile LV patterns described in the literature: apical, midventricular, and basal ballooning. The apical ballooning pattern is the most frequent pattern. We describe the case of a transient anterolateral left ventricular ballooning fulfilling the definition of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy except for the contractile LV pattern. The diagnosis was supported by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and by the fact that the anterolateral ballooning resolved completely after 6 weeks.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/537169
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author R. Zbinden
M. Mutter
D. Weishaupt
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M. Mutter
D. Weishaupt
Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
Case Reports in Cardiology
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M. Mutter
D. Weishaupt
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title Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
title_short Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
title_full Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
title_fullStr Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
title_full_unstemmed Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging in the Diagnosis of Anterolateral Left Ventricular Ballooning, a Variant of Classic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
title_sort cardiac magnetic resonance imaging in the diagnosis of anterolateral left ventricular ballooning, a variant of classic takotsubo cardiomyopathy
publisher Hindawi Limited
series Case Reports in Cardiology
issn 2090-6404
2090-6412
publishDate 2012-01-01
description Transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome is characterized by transient akinesis of the left ventricular apex with basal wall hyperkinesis; this is also known as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. There are three distinct contractile LV patterns described in the literature: apical, midventricular, and basal ballooning. The apical ballooning pattern is the most frequent pattern. We describe the case of a transient anterolateral left ventricular ballooning fulfilling the definition of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy except for the contractile LV pattern. The diagnosis was supported by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging and by the fact that the anterolateral ballooning resolved completely after 6 weeks.
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/537169
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