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Case Reports
. 2009 May 15;134(2):e47-8.
doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.12.076. Epub 2008 Apr 11.

Recurrent left ventricular apical ballooning induced by recurrent stress

Tilo Kleinfeldt, Raik Severin, Stefan Lischke, Hueseyin Ince, Christoph A Nienaber
Case Reports

Recurrent left ventricular apical ballooning induced by recurrent stress

Tilo Kleinfeldt et al. Int J Cardiol. .

Abstract

This paper reports on a 67-year-old woman with apical ballooning and recurrent dyskinesia of left ventricular wall. During MRI-examination the patient developed severe apical dyskinesia of the left ventricle induced by agoraphobia in the magnet.

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