Korean Journal of Anesthesiology  2009;57(4):518-521

doi:10.4097/kjae.2009.57.4.518

Stress-induced cardiomyopathy during ophthalmologic surgery: A case report.

Kyu Han LEE 1 ; Jong Hwan LEE ; Soo Il LEE ; Seung Cheol LEE ; So Ron CHOI

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Keywords

Epinephrine; Stress-induced cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Country

Republic 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.