PMC10026126_01
Case timeline.. From time of presentation, transfer to tertiary center, and outcome.
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A 47-year-old female without prior cardiovascular disease history was struck in the chest by her special-needs student (case timeline in Figure 1).
Cardiac function over time.. Zero hour:at end-systole, mid-basal walls have poor contractility with
notable apical sparing. At 6 months:normalization of the left ventricle with
no wall motion abnormalities. In addition, normalization of troponin-T, QTc
and LVEF was seen at 6 months.
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A transthoracic echocardiogram revealed severely reduced left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of 10% with left ventricular (LV) basal-mid wall motion abnormality and apical sparing (Figure 2).