Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning

Letters19 April 2005Transient Left Ventricular Apical BallooningR. Alizadeh Dehnavi, MD and E. E. van der Wall, MD, PhDR. Alizadeh Dehnavi, MDFrom Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.Search for more papers by this author and E. E. van der Wall, MD, PhDFrom Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-142-8-200504190-00025 SectionsAboutFull TextPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail TO THE EDITOR:Bybee and colleagues (1) propose the Mayo criteria for the clinical diagnosis of transient left ventricular apical ballooning. Some adjustments have been made in comparison with the previously proposed criteria by Abe and Kondo (2). In our opinion, it would be appropriate to add tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy as an exclusion criterion, if the primary form of the syndrome is to be diagnosed.Reversible left ventricular dysfunction after an episode of ventricular tachycardia has been reported (3). Rapid ventricular pacing in animal models has also been shown to result in transient dysfunction of the left ventricle (4). Although the ...References1. Bybee KA, Kara T, Prasad A, Lerman A, Barsness GW, Wright RS, et al. Systematic review: transient left ventricular apical ballooning: a syndrome that mimics ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141:858-65. [PMID: 15583228] LinkGoogle Scholar2. Abe Y, Kondo M. Apical ballooning of the left ventricle: a distinct entity? [Editorial]. Heart. 2003;89:974-6. [PMID: 12922993] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar3. Iga K, Hori K, Matsumura T. Reversible left ventricular dysfunction induced by recurrent ventricular tachycardia. Chest. 1992;102:1897-8. [PMID: 1446515] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar4. Howard RJ, Stopps TP, Moe GW, Gotlieb A, Armstrong PW. Recovery from heart failure: structural and functional analysis in a canine model. Can J Physiol Pharmacol. 1988;66:1505-12. [PMID: 3228785] CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAuthors: R. Alizadeh Dehnavi, MD; E. E. van der Wall, MD, PhDAffiliations: From Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsSee AlsoSystematic Review: Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning: A Syndrome That Mimics ST-Segment Elevation Myocardial Infarction Kevin A. Bybee , Tomas Kara , Abhiram Prasad , Amir Lerman , Greg W. Barsness , R. Scott Wright , and Charanjit S. Rihal Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Junya Ako , Yasuhiro Honda , and Peter J. Fitzgerald Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Kevin A. Bybee and Charanjit S. Rihal Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Borja Ibanez , Jeronimo Farre , and Felipe Navarro Metrics Cited byEchocardiography in takotsubo cardiomyopathy; a useful approach?Tissue characterization in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; a valuable approach?Cardiomiopatía de Takotsubo: disfunción transitoria apical de ventrículo izquierdo 19 April 2005Volume 142, Issue 8Page: 678KeywordsAnimal modelsCardiomyopathiesLeft ventricleVentricular tachycardia ePublished: 19 April 2005 Issue Published: 19 April 2005 Copyright & PermissionsCopyright © 2005 by American College of Physicians. All Rights Reserved.PDF downloadLoading ...