"The artichoke heart": the inverse counterpart of left ventricular apical ballooning

Resuscitation. 2007 Mar;72(3):342-3. doi: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.07.008. Epub 2006 Dec 11.

Authors

Hendrik Bonnemeier¹, Jasmin Ortak, Christof Burgdorf, Frank Bode, Ulrich Schäfer, Franz Hartmann, Heribert Schunkert

Affiliation

¹ Medizinische Klinik II, Universität zu Lübeck, Ratzeburger Allee 160, 23538 Lübeck, Germany. Bonnemei@medinf.mu-luebeck.de

PMID: 17161901
DOI: 10.1016/j.resuscitation.2006.07.008

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Adult
Cardiac Catheterization
Coronary Angiography
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
Heart Ventricles / physiopathology*
Humans
Myocardial Contraction / physiology*
Severity of Illness Index
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / diagnostic imaging
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*