1. Magnetic resonance imaging findings in apical ballooning syndrome or takotsubo cardiomyopathy
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Behzad Molavi, Sanjaya Viswamitra, Tarun Pandey, Chhavi Kaushik, and Jambhekar Kedar
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lcsh:Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system ,medicine.medical_specialty ,lcsh:Surgery ,Cardiomyopathy ,Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine ,Case Report ,Ventricular Function, Left ,Electrocardiography ,Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging ,Predictive Value of Tests ,Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Apical ballooning syndrome ,medicine.diagnostic_test ,business.industry ,Cardiac MRI (CMRI) ,Magnetic resonance imaging ,Cardiovascular Agents ,Stroke Volume ,lcsh:RD1-811 ,Stroke volume ,Recovery of Function ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Myocardial Contraction ,medicine.anatomical_structure ,Treatment Outcome ,Dyskinesia ,lcsh:RC666-701 ,Ventricle ,Cardiovascular agent ,Cardiology ,Female ,Acute coronary syndrome ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business - Abstract
Cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (CMRI) plays an important role in the diagnosis and follow-up of apical ballooning syndrome (takotsubo syndrome), a recently described cardiac condition characterised by transient dyskinesia of the left ventricle secondary to an acute emotional event. We present the CMRI findings in a 53-year-old female diagnosed with apical ballooning syndrome and discuss its value in the diagnosis and follow-up of this condition.
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- 2012