Key result
Apical ballooning syndrome can lead to a novel, transient apical thickening that mimics apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on multimodality cardiac imaging.
Identifies a novel entity of transient apical thickening following apical ballooning syndrome that mimics apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on imaging.
Alerts clinicians to a transient imaging mimic of apical HCM after apical ballooning; leaves open whether this represents a distinct entity.
The authors describe transient apical thickening mimicking apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy following apical ballooning syndrome. These findings are observed on multimodality cardiac imaging and appear to constitute a novel entity. Possible pathophysiologic mechanisms are explored.
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Abudiab et al. (2015) studied this question. Apical ballooning syndrome can lead to a novel, transient apical thickening that mimics apical hypertrophic cardiomyopathy on multimodality cardiac imaging.
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