Cardioembolic acute myocardial infarction associated with apical ballooning: Considerations

Int J Cardiol. 2015 Aug 1:192:16-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.025. Epub 2015 May 8.

Authors

Marco Mele¹, Marcello Martimucci², Alessandro Maggi³, Alessandro Villella³, Massimo Villella⁴, Tommaso Langialonga²

Affiliations

¹ Coronary Care Unit-Cardiology Unit, Teresa Masselli Mascia Hospital, San Severo, FG, ASL FG, Italy. Electronic address: drmelemarco@yahoo.it.
² Cardiology Department, Hospital F. Miulli, Acquaviva delle Fonti (BA), Italy.
³ Coronary Care Unit-Cardiology Unit, Teresa Masselli Mascia Hospital, San Severo, FG, ASL FG, Italy.
⁴ Department of Cardiology - Casa Sollievo della Sofferenza, S. Giovanni Rotondo, FG, Italy.

PMID: 25981574
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.05.025

No abstract available

Keywords: Acute myocardial infarction; Apical ballooning syndrome; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Aspirin / therapeutic use
Clopidogrel
Coronary Thrombosis / diagnosis*
Coronary Thrombosis / drug therapy
Coronary Thrombosis / physiopathology
Drug Therapy, Combination
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Enoxaparin / therapeutic use
Female
Humans
Myocardial Infarction / diagnosis*
Myocardial Infarction / drug therapy
Myocardial Infarction / physiopathology
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / drug therapy
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / physiopathology
Ticlopidine / analogs & derivatives
Ticlopidine / therapeutic use

Substances

Enoxaparin
Clopidogrel
Ticlopidine
Aspirin