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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Jul 2010
Case ReportsTakotsubo cardiomyopathy after elective mitral valve replacement.
- José Antonio Blázquez, José María González, María José Dalmau, and Javier López.
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Salamanca University Hospital, Paseo de San Vicente 58-182, 37007 Salamanca, Spain. blazquezmd@hotmail.com
- Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Jul 1;11(1):117-9.
AbstractTakotsubo cardiomyopathy is a syndrome characterized by transient acute left ventricular dysfunction, electrocardiographic changes that can mimic acute myocardial infarction and minimal release of myocardial enzymes in the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Reports of Takotsubo syndrome after cardiac surgery are exceptional. We describe a case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a 68-year-old woman after elective mitral valve replacement. Takotsubo syndrome should be considered in the differential diagnosis of patients presenting cardiogenic shock after cardiac surgery.
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