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Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse
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Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse

Ricardo Wang et al. Newton F. Stadler Souza Jose Augusto Ribas Fortes Gilmar Jorge dos Santos … Jose Rocha Faria Neto Lidia Zytinski

We describe a typical case of apical ballooning syndrome in an octogenarian female patient with left ventricular wall motion abnormality on electrocardiography, whose ventricular function returned to normal. The patient has allergic rhinitis and had used nasal decongestant excessively a few hours prior to the episode of pain.

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  • adrenergic agonists
  • Myocardial Infarction
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06/01/2010 DOI: 10.1590/S0066-782X2009001100022 Views 2

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Wang R, Souza NFS, Fortes JAR, Santos GJ, Faria Neto JR, Zytinski L. Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2010;93(5):e75-8.

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Wang, Ricardo; Souza, Newton F. Stadler; Fortes, Jose Augusto Ribas; Santos, Gilmar Jorge dos; Faria Neto, Jose Rocha; Zytinski, Lidia. Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 93, n. 5, p. e75-e78, Jan. 2010.

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Wang, R., Souza, N. F. S., Fortes, J. A. R., Santos, G. J. , Faria Neto, J. R., & Zytinski, L. (2010). Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 93(5), e75-e78.

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Wang, Ricardo and Souza, Newton F. Stadler and Fortes, Jose Augusto Ribas and Santos, Gilmar Jorge dos and Faria Neto, Jose Rocha and Zytinski, Lidia. Apical ballooning syndrome secondary to nasal decongestant abuse. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2010, vol. 93, n. 5, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. e75-e78. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/apical-ballooning-syndrome-secondary-to-nasal-decongestant-abuse/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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