Stress-induced cardiomyopathy during ophthalmologic surgery: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2009.57.4.518
- Author:
Kyu Han LEE
1
;
Jong Hwan LEE
;
Soo Il LEE
;
Seung Cheol LEE
;
So Ron CHOI
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. pain1013@dau.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Epinephrine;
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy;
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
- MeSH:
Cardiomyopathies;
Chest Pain;
Electrocardiography;
Epinephrine;
Female;
Heart;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy;
Troponin;
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2009;57(4):518-521
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently described clinical entity which is associated with a chest pain occurring during a stress, an abnormal ECG and/or an increase in the troponin blood level and a transient left ventricular dysfunction. Transient left ventricular dysfunction generally involves the midsection and the apex of the heart with an akinesis. We reported a case of a 55-year-old female patient who developed a stress-induced cardiomyopathy after local epinephrine use during ophthalmologic surgery.
