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Transesophageal echo diagnosis of perioperative unusual transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome.

ABSTRACT: Stress cardiomyopathy, or Takotsubo syndrome, is a widely recognized cardiac pathology with a clinical presentation similar to acute coronary syndrome and related to physical or emotional stress. Perioperatively, it is challenging to identify it given the variety of forms and scenarios in which it can present. We describe a 22-year-old patient with an atypical presentation of Takotsubo syndrome during anesthesia induction, which highlights the usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography for the initial diagnosis.

SUBMITTER: Mantilla HA

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5070337 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Transesophageal echo diagnosis of perioperative unusual transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome.

Mantilla Hugo Andr S HA Montes Felix Ramón FR Amaya William F WF

Annals of cardiac anaesthesia 20161001 4

Stress cardiomyopathy, or Takotsubo syndrome, is a widely recognized cardiac pathology with a clinical presentation similar to acute coronary syndrome and related to physical or emotional stress. Perioperatively, it is challenging to identify it given the variety of forms and scenarios in which it can present. We describe a 22-year-old patient with an atypical presentation of Takotsubo syndrome during anesthesia induction, which highlights the usefulness of transesophageal echocardiography for t ...[more]

PMID: 27716708

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