Temporary third-degree atrioventricular block in a case of apical ballooning syndrome

Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest caused by transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome

“…By contrast, the occurrence of ventricular arrhythmias in these patients during hospitalization has been widely described [4,8,12]. Moreover, our case confirms that left ventricular apical ballooning may have the same complications of myocardial infarction, adding the early ventricular fibrillation to the previous findings of left ventricular wall rupture [9], ventricular arrhythmias during hospitalization [12] and complete atrio-ventricular block [11].…”

“…Generally, the prognosis is good, with an estimated inhospital mortality rate of 1.1% in a recently published metaanalysis [4]. However, rare complications have been reported in the acute phase, such as cardiac tamponade caused by left ventricular wall rupture [9], torsade de pointes [10] or complete atrio-ventricular block [11].…”

Midventricular Ballooning Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Complicated by Transient Complete Atrioventricular Block

“…Takotsubo cardiomyopahty often presents with abnormal findings on electrocardiography that mimic coronary artery disease and are occasionally complicated by various arrythmias (2,(6)(7)(8). Although the present patient did not exhibit typical ST-T changes or prolongation of the QT interval on the electrocardiograms, transient complete AV block was a complicating finding.…”

Tako-Tsubo Cardiomyopathy: A Recent Clinical Syndrome Mimicking an Acute Coronary Syndrome

“…Indeed, acute complications have been shown in approximately 20% of the patients (Bybee et al, 2004;Bonello et al, 2008). Most of them are related to left ventricular heart failure, reported as follows (prevalence): pulmonary oedema (15%), cardiogenic shock (6,5%), left ventricle outflow tract obstruction (11%), mitral regurgitation (25%), ventricular mural thrombus formation (7%) (Pernicova et al, 2010;Donohue et al, 2005;Akashi et al, 2004;Nef et al, 2006;Bonello al., 2008;Barrera-Ramirez et al, 2003;Zaroff et al, 2000). In case of left ventricular thrombus formation, thromboembolic complications, such as stroke, occur in 0,8% of the patients (de Gregorio et al, 2008).…”