XXXX : an Australian single centre experience with medium term follow up.

@entity1 @entity1187 @entity662 @entity4 @entity661 @entity955 @entity1167 @entity1455 @entity1002
BACKGROUND: @entity661 ( @entity661 ) is increasingly recognised in @entity1 presenting with features of @entity1187 . We present a single centre experience of @entity661 with medium term follow up. METHODS: Fifty-two consecutive @entity1 presenting with a diagnosis of @entity661 were included. The clinical presentation, complications, baseline and follow-up echocardiograms and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging were analysed. RESULTS: Fifty-one @entity1 were female. A stressful event preceded presentation in 37 (71%) @entity1 . @entity662 was the most common symptom (83%). Two @entity1 presented with an out-of-hospital @entity1167 . ST segment elevation (40%) and global T wave inversion (44%) were the most frequent electrocardiogram changes. Left ventricular assessment demonstrated typical apical ballooning in 41 @entity1 and 11 @entity1 demonstrated the mid-wall variant. In-hospital complications occurred in 11 @entity1 (21%) and included @entity4 (n = 2), @entity1455 (n = 5); two of whom had a significant left ventricular outflow gradient, @entity955 (n = 1), @entity1002 (n = 2) and a cerebrovascular event (n = 2). Left ventricular function at presentation and follow up was compared in 40 @entity1 . The mean ejection fraction in this group at presentation was 47% (20-70%) compared with that at follow up of 63% (44-76%). There were no significant complications or recurrences at follow up. CONCLUSIONS: While @entity661 is a reversible condition with low rates of complications and recurrence at follow up it is, as demonstrated in our cohort, associated with significant in-hospital morbidity in a proportion of @entity1 .
