Key result
A 65-year-old woman with atypical transient left ventricular ballooning showed hypercontracting apex and basal segments, with recovery of midventricular wall motion at two months.
Case Report (n=1)
This case report describes an atypical presentation of transient left ventricular ballooning sparing the apical segment, with recovery of midventricular wall motion at two months.
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Atypical midventricular ballooning warrants inclusion in the differential; single case extends phenotypic spectrum but leaves classification open.
Robles et al. (2006) conducted a case report in Atypical transient left ventricular ballooning (n=1). A 65-year-old woman with atypical transient left ventricular ballooning showed hypercontracting apex and basal segments, with recovery of midventricular wall motion at two months.
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