Key result
A 63-year-old woman with a COPD exacerbation and elevated troponin T was found to have an unusual pattern of mid-ventricular balloon-like dyskinesis on left ventricular angiography.
Population
A 63-year-old woman with chronic obstructive lung disease presenting with sudden exacerbation, elevated…
Design
Case_report
Authors
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May signal stress cardiomyopathy in COPD exacerbation; leaves open need for systematic study before changing practice.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes an unusual variant of stress cardiomyopathy characterized by mid-ventricular ballooning with apical sparing.
Hendrik Bonnemeier (2006) conducted a case report in Chronic obstructive lung disease exacerbation with unusual left ventricular wall motion abnormalities (n=1). Emergency cardiac catheterization was evaluated. A 63-year-old woman with a COPD exacerbation and elevated troponin T was found to have an unusual pattern of mid-ventricular balloon-like dyskinesis on left ventricular angiography.
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