Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning
Authors: Borja Ibanez, Jeronimo Farre, Felipe Navarro
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (2005)

Letters19 April 2005Transient Left Ventricular Apical BallooningBorja Ibanez, MD, Jeronimo Farre, MD, PhD, and Felipe Navarro, MDBorja Ibanez, MDFrom Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.Search for more papers by this author, Jeronimo Farre, MD, PhDFrom Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.Search for more papers by this author, and Felipe Navarro, MDFrom Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-8-200504190-00024 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:We read with interest the article by Bybee and colleagues (1) on transient left ventricular apical ballooning. In March 2004, we reported on a series of 11 patients with the takotsubo syndrome (2). It was originally published in Spanish, but its English version is available online at Revista Española de Cardiologia (www.revespcardiol.org). Beyond being one of the largest known series published, our work provides new findings that may serve to understand better this syndrome.As mentioned by Bybee and colleagues, patients with the takotsubo syndrome meet the criteria for acute myocardial infarction (MI) (3). However, acute MI ...References1. Bybee KA, Kara T, Prasad A, Lerman A, Barsness GW, Wright RS, et al. Systematic review: transient left ventricular apical ballooning: a syndrome that mimics ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:858-65. [PMID: 15583228] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Ibanez B, Navarro F, Farre J, Marcos-Alberca P, Orejas M, Rabago R, et al. [Tako-tsubo syndrome associated with a long course of the left anterior descending coronary artery along the apical diaphragmatic surface of the left ventricle.]. Rev Esp Cardiol. 2004;57:209-16. [PMID: 15056424] MedlineGoogle Scholar3. Alpert JS, Thygesen K, Antman E, Bassand JP. Myocardial infarction redefined—a consensus document of The Joint European Society of Cardiology/American College of Cardiology Committee for the redefinition of myocardial infarction. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000;36:959-69. [PMID: 10987628] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Desmet WJ, Adriaenssens BF, Dens JA. Apical ballooning of the left ventricle: first series in white patients. Heart. 2003;89:1027-31. [PMID: 12923018] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar5. 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 Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: From Fundacion Jimenez Diaz, 28040 Madrid, Spain. 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 R. Alizadeh Dehnavi and E. E. van der Wall Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Junya Ako , Yasuhiro Honda , and Peter J. Fitzgerald Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Kevin A. Bybee and Charanjit S. Rihal Metrics Cited BySíndrome de Tako-Tsubo. Discinesia transitoria del ventrículo izquierdoReverse or Inverted Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome (Reverse Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy) in a Young Woman in the Setting of Amphetamine UseTakotsubo cardiomyopathy or transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome: A systematic reviewReview: transient left ventricular apical ballooning, broken heart syndrome, ampulla cardiomyopathy, atypical apical ballooning, or Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathyCardiomiopatía de Takotsubo: disfunción transitoria apical de ventrículo izquierdo 19 April 2005Volume 142, Issue 8Page: 677-678KeywordsAngiographyAtheromasCoronary arteriesNecrosisReperfusionStable coronary artery diseaseStenosisUltrasound imaging ePublished: 19 April 2005 Issue Published: 19 April 2005 CopyrightCopyright © 2005 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF DownloadLoading ...