Publications by authors named "Kenneth Wanderman"
Background: Transient left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning is characterized by acute onset of chest pain with reversible balloon-like LV motion abnormality, hypercontractile basal segments, ST segment elevation or T-wave inversion in anterior chest leads and mild cardiac enzyme rise in the absence of significant coronary disease.
Methods: We describe 5 patients (4 females) with anteroapical ballooning who were hospitalized with acute myocardial infarction and showed ST segment elevation in anterior chest leads.
Results: Echocardiogram demonstrated apical ballooning with normal or hypercontractile contraction of the basal segments.