Assessment of coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in left apical ballooning syndrome

Patrick Meimoun; Dorothée Malaquin; Tahar Benali; Christophe Tribouilloy

doi:10.1016/j.euje.2007.01.002

Assessment of coronary flow reserve by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in left apical ballooning syndrome

Eur J Echocardiogr. 2008 Jan;9(1):78-9. doi: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.01.002.

Authors

Patrick Meimoun¹, Dorothée Malaquin, Tahar Benali, Christophe Tribouilloy

Affiliation

¹ Department of Cardiology and Intensive Care Unit, Compiègne Hospital, Compiègne, France. [email protected]

PMID: 17331801
DOI: 10.1016/j.euje.2007.01.002

Abstract

We present the time course of transthoracic coronary flow reserve in the left anterior descending artery in a patient who suffered a transient left apical ballooning syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged
Blood Flow Velocity
Coronary Circulation
Echocardiography, Doppler
Female
Humans
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnostic imaging*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / physiopathology*