A single-centre report on the characteristics of XXXX .

@entity662 @entity1 @entity301 @entity661 @entity453 @entity67 @entity1002
BACKGROUND: @entity661 is an increasingly recognised phenomenon characterised by @entity662 , ECG abnormalities, cardiac biomarker elevation and transient @entity1002 without significant @entity453 . AIMS: To report the clinical and echocardiographic characteristics from a large single-centre Australian series of @entity1 with @entity661 . METHODS: We prospectively collected data on 23 consecutive @entity1 presenting between November 2005 and November 2007. Baseline demographics, ECG, echocardiography and coronary angiography were performed on nearly all @entity1 . RESULTS: All @entity1 presented with @entity662 ; 87% were female. Various stressors were noted and cardiac Troponin-T was elevated in 91% of @entity1 . All @entity1 had @entity301 at angiography. 19/23 @entity1 had initial and subsequent echocardiography. Mean ejection fraction was 50% at baseline and 64% at follow-up (p<0.0001). Right @entity67 was present in eight, dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction in two, @entity67 in seven and two @entity1 had the mid-cavity variant. CONCLUSIONS: This large prospective single-centre Australian series of @entity661 is in concert with previous published series. Complete recovery of left ventricular function on echocardiographic follow-up was typical. Although its pathogenesis remains unclear, early distinction from acute coronary syndromes is important and the prognosis is reassuringly good.
