scholarly journals Left ventricular apical ballooning: Not an uncommon variant of acute myocardial infarction in women

2006 ◽  
Vol 29 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan Elian ◽  
Azriel Osherov ◽  
Shlomi Matetzky ◽  
Hanoch Hod ◽  
Victor Guetta ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Apical Ballooning ◽  
Left Ventricular

scholarly journals Rare recurrence of apical ballooning (takotsubo) syndrome in an elderly man

2018 ◽  
pp. bcr-2017-222451
Author(s):  
Rosalyn Adigun ◽  
Samantha Morley ◽  
Abhiram Prasad
Keyword(s):  
Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Acute Myocardial Infarction ◽  
Left Ventricular Systolic Dysfunction ◽  
Systolic Dysfunction ◽  
Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease ◽  
Apical Ballooning ◽  
Left Ventricular ◽  
Major Surgery ◽  
Apical Ballooning Syndrome ◽  
Elderly Male

Apical ballooning syndrome (ABS) is an under recognised clinical entity characterised by acute reversible left ventricular systolic dysfunction that mimics acute myocardial infarction in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease; typically occurring in the setting of profound stress.1 ABS disproportionately affects older women and recurrences are infrequent. We, hereby, describe a rare phenomenon of recurrent ABS in an elderly male patient, 10 years apart, presenting with the same left ventricular morphological appearance following non-cardiac surgeries. The case illustrates the importance of considering ABS in the differential diagnosis of perioperative acute myocardial infarction in older men undergoing major surgery.

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