Journal of Cardiovascular Imaging
- Volume 21 Issue 3
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- Pages.116-122
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- 2013
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- 2586-7210(pISSN)
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- 2586-7296(eISSN)
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DIFFERENT CHARACTERISTICS BETWEEN PATIENTS WITH APICAL AND NON-APICAL SUBTYPES OF STRESS-INDUCED CARDIOMYOPATHY
- Lee, Sun Hwa (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School & Hospital) ;
- Kim, Won Ho (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School & Hospital) ;
- Lee, Sang Rok (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School & Hospital) ;
- Rhee, Kyung Suk (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School & Hospital) ;
- Chae, Jei Keon (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School & Hospital) ;
- Ko, Jae Ki (Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, Chonbuk National University Medical School & Hospital)
- Received : 2013.05.09
- Accepted : 2013.08.12
- Published : 2013.09.27
Abstract
Background: Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (SCM) is characterized by apical ballooning on echocardiography, but some of SCM patients show non-apical involvement and their characteristics are not well defined. Methods: We investigated 56 patients that were diagnosed as SCM and divided them into 2 groups: apical ballooning syndrome (ABS, n = 49, 87.5%) and non-apical ballooning syndrome (N-ABS, n = 7, 12.5%) groups. Patients with N-ABS were significantly younger than those of the ABS group (