Stress-induced cardiomyopathy after general anesthesia for total gastrectomy: A case report.
10.4097/kjae.2010.58.3.299
- Author:
Jong Taek PARK
1
;
Jang Young KIM
;
Ye Won KIM
;
Kwan Hoon CHOI
;
Byoung Hark PARK
;
Hyun Kyo LIM
Author Information
1. Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yonsei Unversity Wonju College of Medicine, Wonju, Korea. hyunkyolim@yonsei.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Anesthesia;
Cardiomyopathy;
Stress
- MeSH:
Anesthesia;
Anesthesia, General;
Cardiomyopathies;
Coronary Vessels;
Female;
Gastrectomy;
Humans;
Middle Aged;
Myocardial Ischemia;
Prognosis;
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy;
Ventricular Dysfunction, Left
- From:Korean Journal of Anesthesiology
2010;58(3):299-303
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, which is also known as takotsubo cardiomyopathy, is a cardiac syndrome of a transient, reversible left ventricular dysfunction that is caused by emotional and/or physical stress and surgery. Its clinical manifestations are similar to those of myocardial ischemia without a coronary artery lesion. Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is more common in middle-aged women, and the prognosis is favorable. We report the case of a 50-year-old female patient who underwent a total gastrectomy and developed stress-induced cardiomyopathy after surgery.
