Background
Methods
Results
Patient, sex, age (years) | Admission month | Recent Fever | CK-MB, U/L admission/peak (Troponine I, ng/ml) | Coronary risk factors (smoke) | ECG leads with ST elevation on admission ECG | Abnormal T waves on discharge ECG | Follow up (months) | Relapse |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
16) 1 SW, M, 19
|
March
|
+
|
71/73 (NA)
|
0
|
I, aVL, V4-V6
|
Diphasic V4-V6
|
130
|
no
|
2 TG, M, 24
|
November
|
+
|
39/83 (NA)
|
0
|
I, aVL, V6
|
Negative I, II, aVL, V5,V6
|
122
|
yes
|
3 CE, M, 32
|
December
| - |
76/77 (NA)
|
0
|
I, II, V4-V6
|
Negative V4-V6
|
121
|
no
|
4 AA, M, 38
|
February
|
+
|
67/120 (NA)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III, aVF, V5, V6
|
Diphasic III, aVF
|
119
|
no
|
5 CM, M, 30
|
April
|
+
|
91/130 (NA)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III, aVF
|
Negative III,V6
|
105
|
no
|
6 BM, M, 17
|
January
|
+
|
60/60 (NA)
|
0
|
I, II, aVF, V4-V6
|
Negative II, III, aVF, V4-V6
|
96
|
no
|
7 CR, M, 32
|
August
|
+
|
24/43 (17)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III, aVF,V4-V6
|
None
|
77
|
no
|
8 CG, M, 39
|
October
|
+
|
17/30 (16)
|
1 (smoke)
|
I, aVL
|
Negative I, aVL, V6
|
63
|
no
|
9 SS, M, 28
|
December
|
+
|
23/23 (10.5)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III, aVF, V5-V6
|
None
|
61
|
no
|
10 CR, M, 21
|
April
|
+
|
34/34 (5.4)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III, aVF, V6
|
None
|
57
|
no
|
11 CR, M, 28
|
April
|
+
|
17/17 (3.6)
|
0
|
I, aVL
|
Flat I, aVL
|
57
|
no
|
12 SM, M, 26
|
July
|
+
|
8/14 (4.3)
|
0
|
II, III, aVF
|
Negative II, III, aVF
|
54
|
yes
|
13 CA, M, 19
|
April
|
+
|
21/21 (16.1)
|
0
|
II, V6
|
None
|
45
|
no
|
14 LF, M, 42
|
October
|
+
|
10/12 (5.3)
|
0
|
I, II, III, aVF, V6
|
Negative III, V6
|
38
|
no
|
15 AG, M, 20
|
April
|
+
|
55/55 (29)
|
1 (smoke)
|
I, aVL, V2-V6
|
Negative V4-V6
|
38
|
no
|
16 DA, M, 33
|
March
|
+
|
7/16 (2)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III, aVF, V5-V6
|
Flat II
|
34
|
no
|
17 DM, F, 31
|
April
|
+
|
19/19 (9.4)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III, aVF
|
Negative III
|
33
|
no
|
18 IA, M, 25
|
February
|
+
|
30/30 (3.4)
|
0
|
II, III, aVF
|
Negative II, III, aVF
|
23
|
no
|
19 FR, M, 35
|
December
|
+
|
14/14 (1.9)
|
1 (smoke)
|
II, III,, aVF
|
None
|
13
|
no
|
20 AM, M, 27
|
January
|
+
|
19/24 (2,3)
|
0
|
II, III, aVF
|
Negative II,III, aVF
|
1
|
no
|
21 PF, M. 18
|
January
|
+
|
23/28 (3,56)
|
1 (smoke)
|
I, aVL, V2-V6
|
Negative I, II, aVL, V2-V6
|
1
|
no
|
Discussion
Study Limitations
Conclusions
Syndrome | Galatina's | Tako-tsubo like |
---|---|---|
STEMI-like presentation | yes | yes |
Usually benign | yes | yes |
Occasionally recurrence | yes | yes |
Gender predominance | male | female |
Age (years) | < 40 | > 45 |
Prodomal phase | Flu-like | Psycological stress |
Favourite target region | inferior | apical |