We report a case of a 51- year-old man with transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy. Left ventriculography demonstrated mid- ventricular ballooning and akinesis with hypercontractile apical and basal segments. Iodine- 123- beta-methyl-p-iodophenyl-pentadecanoic acid myocardial scintigraphy showed decreased uptake in the mid-ventricle, corresponding to the mid-ventricular akinetic region. This is the first report of a transient mid-ventricular ballooning cardiomyopathy observed by not only left ventriculography but myocardial scintigraphy. (C) 2007 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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Guo, Chen-Yu C.
Chou, Nan-Sung
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Madou Sin Lau Hosp, Dept Surg, 20 Lingzilin, Tainan 72152, TaiwanTemple Univ, Lewis Katz Sch Med, 3500 N Broad St, Philadelphia, PA 19140 USA
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Gangadhar T.C.
Von der Lohe E.
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Von der Lohe E.
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