Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning
Authors: Kevin A. Bybee, Charanjit S. Rihal
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2005)

Letters19 April 2005Transient Left Ventricular Apical BallooningKevin A. Bybee, MD and Charanjit S. Rihal, MDKevin A. Bybee, MDFrom Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905.Search for more papers by this author and Charanjit S. Rihal, MDFrom Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-8-200504190-00027 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail IN RESPONSE:We thank all of the correspondents for their interest in our review. Ibanez and colleagues report that intravascular ultrasonography detected plaque rupture in the left anterior descending coronary arteries of 5 patients presenting with transient left ventricular apical ballooning (1). These patients had coronary arteries that appeared normal on angiography and a large recurrent distal segment of the left anterior descending coronary artery. These findings are interesting but seem an unlikely pathophysiologic explanation for most cases of transient left ventricular apical ballooning. First, angiographically detectable intracoronary thrombus in the left anterior descending coronary artery would be expected more ...References1. Ibanez B, Navarro F, Cordoba M, M-Alberca P, Farre J. Tako-tsubo transient left ventricular apical ballooning: is intravascular ultrasound the key to resolve the enigma? [Letter]. Heart. 2005;91:102-4. [PMID: 15604352] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. Bybee KA, Prasad A, Barsness GW, Lerman A, Jaffe AS, Murphy JG, et al. Clinical characteristics and thrombolysis in myocardial infarction frame counts in women with transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome. Am J Cardiol. 2004;94:343-6. [PMID: 15276100] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Kurisu S, Inoue I, Kawagoe T, Ishihara M, Shimatani Y, Nishioka K, et al. Myocardial perfusion and fatty acid metabolism in patients with tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2003;41:743-8. [PMID: 12628716] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Dujardin KS, McCully RB, Wijdicks EF, Tazelaar HD, Seward JB, McGregor CG, et al. Myocardial dysfunction associated with brain death: clinical, echocardiographic, and pathologic features. J Heart Lung Transplant. 2001;20:350-7. [PMID: 11257562] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoSystematic Review: Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning: A Syndrome That Mimics ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Kevin A. Bybee , Tomas Kara , Abhiram Prasad , Amir Lerman , Greg W. Barsness , R. Scott Wright , and Charanjit S. Rihal Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Borja Ibanez , Jeronimo Farre , and Felipe Navarro Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning R. Alizadeh Dehnavi and E. E. van der Wall Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Junya Ako , Yasuhiro Honda , and Peter J. Fitzgerald Metrics Cited BySíndrome de Tako-Tsubo. Discinesia transitoria del ventrículo izquierdoCardiomiopatía de Tako-Tsubo: una causa peculiar de dolor torácico agudo en atención primariaRéplica a «Cardiomiopatía de Takotsubo»Cardiomiopatía de Takotsubo: disfunción transitoria apical de ventrículo izquierdo 19 April 2005Volume 142, Issue 8Page: 678-679KeywordsBrainCoronary arteriesEmotionsHead injuryHeart diseasesHemorrhagePatient advocacyThrombosisUltrasound imaging ePublished: 19 April 2005 Issue Published: 19 April 2005 CopyrightCopyright © 2005 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...