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Apical ballooning syndrome: a case report
Konstantinos M Lampropoulos1, Dimitrios Kotsas, Themistoklis A Iliopoulos
1Department of Cardiology, Polyclinic General Hospital of Athens, Athens, 16673, Greece. konlampropoulos@yahoo.gr
Background:
Apical ballooning syndrome mimics acute coronary syndromes and it is characterized by reversible left ventricular apical ballooning in the absence of angiographically significant coronary artery stenosis.
Case Presentation:
This is a case of a 40-year-old Caucasian male without any health related problems that was submitted to an urgent coronary angiography because of acute chest pain and marked precordial T-wave inversions suggestive of acute myocardial ischemia. Coronary angiography showed no significant stenosis of the coronary arteries. Left ventriculography showed systolic apical ballooning with mild basal hypercontraction.
Conclusion:
Physicians should be aware of the presentation of apical ballooning syndrome, and the chest pain after following acute stress should not be readily attributed to anxiety.
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