A case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy with ventricular fibrillation after gastroenterological endoscopy
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Soo Ryang Kim Keiichi Nakashima Sunao Nishiuchi Susumu Imoto Taisuke Nakajima Kenji Ando Keiji Mita Katsumi Fukuda Yeong Ho Lee Yumi
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
We describe a case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy with ventricular fibrillation after gastroenterological endoscopy in a 66-year-old woman. Ten minutes after the upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic examinations, the patient lost consciousness, went into respiratory arrest, and became cyanotic; an electrocardiogram (ECG) showed ventricular fibrillation. Electrical defibrillation was applied three times resulting in the patient’s recovery. Subsequently, the ECG showed ST elevation in V2–V3; ultrasound cardiography showed a severely hyperkinetic base of the left ventricle, with the rest of the ventricle akinetic; and cardiac catheterization disclosed a normal coronary artery and normal contraction of the left ventricle
Clin J Gastroenterol (2011) 4:73–78 Received: 1 October 2010 / Accepted: 15 December 2010 / Published online: 15 January 2011 Springer 2011
