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Real-Time Cardiac Mapping with a Noninvasive Imageless Electrocardiographic Imaging System
Published on: April 11, 2025
Multiple episodes of a transient global left ventricular dysfunction reminiscent to apical ballooning
Holger M Nef1, Helge Mollmann, Achim Vogt
1Kerckhoff Heart Center, Department of Cardiology, Bad Nauheim, Germany. h.nef@kerckhoff.mpg.de
Abstract:
A new cardiac syndrome with transient left ventricular dysfunction has been recently reported and is referred to as Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy, which is characterized by a transient akinesia of the apex and compensatory basal hyperkinesis. Today, the etiology remains unknown. We report for the first time of a patient with multiple episodes of a transient global left ventricular dysfunction which is reminiscent to apical ballooning. These episodes were always preceded by severe emotional stress proposing a potential common pathomechanism.
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