Recurrent left ventricular apical ballooning induced by recurrent stress

Int J Cardiol. 2009 May 15;134(2):e47-8. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.12.076. Epub 2008 Apr 11.

Abstract

This paper reports on a 67-year-old woman with apical ballooning and recurrent dyskinesia of left ventricular wall. During MRI-examination the patient developed severe apical dyskinesia of the left ventricle induced by agoraphobia in the magnet.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
  • Recurrence
  • Stress, Psychological / complications*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / pathology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / pathology