Ontology highlight
ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Cho SK
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4096669 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Journal of cardiovascular ultrasound 20140630 2
Stress cardiomyopathy (SCMP) is characterized by a transient left ventricular dysfunction associated with apical ballooning and compensatory hyperkinesias of the basal segments after emotional or physical stress, but inverted or mid-ventricular variants of SCMP have also been described. Although catecholamine excess has been suggested as a possible pathophysiologic mechanism of SCMP, the etiology of SCMP is still unknown. Here, we report a case of inverted type of SCMP with clinical presentation ...[more]