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J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) · May 2008
Case ReportsNear-drowning syndrome: a possible trigger of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy.
- Rudolfo Citro, Marco Mariano Patella, Eduardo Bossone, AntonGiulio Maione, Gennaro Provenza, and Giovanni Gregorio.
- UO UTIC-Cardiologia San Luca Hospital, Vallo della Lucania SA, Italy. rodolfo.citro@email.it
- J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown). 2008 May 1;9(5):501-5.
AbstractWe report a case of transient tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy characterized by an unusual trigger in a woman victim of near-drowning syndrome. After 24 h, electrocardiogram changes and a typical echocardiographic pattern of apical ballooning with a mild increase of serum troponin level induced the suspicion of tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy despite the absence of chest pain. Left ventriculography confirmed the apical ballooning, and coronary angiography revealed normal coronary arteries. Electrocardiogram changes and apical contraction abnormalities were reversed within 1 month. In conclusion, we hypothesize that hypoxemia related to near-drowning syndrome could have induced transient myocardial dysfunction mediated by a sympathetic nerve activation.
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