Naslov
Apical ballooning syndrome and myocardial bridging in the patient presenting with pulmonary edema

Autori
Bulum, Joško ; Ernst, Aleksander

Izvornik
Journal of cardiovascular medicine (1558-2027) 10 (2009), 6; 499-502

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, stručni

Ključne riječi
Apical ballooning syndrome ; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy ; pulmonary edema ; myocardial bridging

Sažetak
The apical ballooning syndrome is a relatively rare and underrecognised transient cardiomyopathy precipitated by emotional or physical stress. The role of myocardial bridging in its etiology is unknown and extremely rare reported. We present a case of 68-years old woman with apical ballooning syndrome and transient myocardial bridging of the left anterior descending coronary artery, clinically presented with pulmonary edema. An ischemic ECG changes and mildly elevation of cardiac biomarkers were presented. She recovered well on medical treatment, follow-up echocardiography revealed complete recovery of left ventricular systolic function while repeated control coronary angiography after one year showed no signs of myocardial bridging. To the best of our knowledge this is the first report of transient myocardial bridging as a possible cause of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with documented normalization of left ventricle ventriculogram and disappearance of LAD myocardial bridging

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kliničke medicinske znanosti

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