J. Wells Askew

TL;DR: A new variant of transient left ventricular (LV) ballooning in North American Caucasian patients in which only the midventricle is affected is described, raising further questions in the understanding of the "brain-heart" relationship.

TL;DR: The diagnostic performance of DNM is comparable to that of S-SPECT on a per-patient basis, however, superior image quality can be achieved with significantly shorter acquisition times with DNM because of improved count sensitivity and image contrast over S- SPECT.

TL;DR: Diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy has important implications for clinical management at presentation and afterward, and a small subset of patients has potentially life-threatening complications during the initial presentation.

TL;DR: Operative mortality associated with valve replacement surgery for CaHD has decreased and Symptomatic and survival benefit is noted in most patients when CaHD is managed by an experienced multidisciplinary team.

TL;DR: In conclusion, the entity described in this report is reminiscent of apical ballooning ("Tako-Tsubo"), mid-ventricular ballooning, and apical sparing syndromes; however, isolated basal left ventricular involvement has not been previously described and is a newer variant in the spectrum of transient cardiomyopathies.