A peculiar type of an acute coronary syndrome is characterised by acute onset of chest pain, STsegment changes, elevated troponin I levels and a transient balloon-like apical left ventricular dysfunction, but without significant coronary artery disease. We sought to assess this syndrome in German patients.
Robert-Bosch Krankenhaus, Zentrum für Innere Medizin, Abteilung für Kardiologie und Pulmologie, Auerbachstrasse 110, 70376, Stuttgart, Germany. anastasios.athanasiadis@rbk.de
