Citation

Chacko J, Brar G, Elangovan A, Moorthy R. Indian J. Crit. Care Med. 2011; 15(1): 43-45.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2011, Indian Society of Critical Care Medicine, Publisher Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/0972-5229.78225

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

We report a case of "Apical Ballooning Syndrome" following attempted suicidal hanging. Our patient developed retrosternal chest pain and ischemic changes on electrocardiography (ECG), a day after the suicidal attempt. She underwent an angiogram considering the possibility of acute coronary syndrome. However, her coronary arteries were normal; the left ventricle showed the typical ballooning pattern characterized by hypokinesia of the distal septum and apex. On follow-up a week later, she remained asymptomatic; her ECG changes had reversed and the left ventricular contractility was normal on echocardiography.

Language: en

Keywords

adult; human; suicide; female; case report; hanging; article; follow up; coronary artery; heart muscle ischemia; thorax pain; angiocardiography; acute coronary syndrome; ECG abnormality; takotsubo cardiomyopathy; suicidal hanging; Apical ballooing; heart left ventricle contractility; left ventricular dysfunction