Left ventricular ballooning syndrome due to vasospasm of the middle portion of the left anterior descending coronary artery

Fiol Sala, Miquel; Carrillo, Andres; Rodriguez, Alberto; Herrero, Jaime; Garcia-Niebla, Javier

doi:10.5603/CJ.2012.0055

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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.13003/17377

DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2012.0055

ISSN: 1897-5593

eISSN: 1898-018X

WOS ID: 000307428200014

Scopus EID: 2-s2.0-84861984522

PMID: 22641552

Embase PUI: L364969988

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2012-05

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Fiol M, Carrillo A, Rodriguez A, Herrero J, Garcia-Niebla J. Left ventricular ballooning syndrome due to vasospasm of the middle portion of the left anterior descending coronary artery. Cardiol J. 2012 May;19(3):314-6.

Abstract

We report a case that shows vasospasm to be one of the mechanisms responsible for left ventricular ballooning syndrome. Our case suggests that identical ventriculographic findings in patients with tako-tsubo syndrome and those with coronary vasospasm of a long left anterior descending artery coronary artery may be due to a common etiology. (Cardiol J 2012; 19,3: 314-316)