| Stress-induced cardiomyopathy during ophthalmologic surgery: A case report. |
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Kyu Han Lee, Jong Hwan Lee, Soo Il Lee, Seung Cheol Lee, So Ron Choi |
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Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, College of Medicine, Dong-A University, Busan, Korea. pain1013@dau.ac.kr |
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| Abstract |
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Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently described clinical entity which is associated with a chest pain occurring during a stress, an abnormal ECG and/or an increase in the troponin blood level and a transient left ventricular dysfunction. Transient left ventricular dysfunction generally involves the midsection and the apex of the heart with an akinesis. We reported a case of a 55-year-old female patient who developed a stress-induced cardiomyopathy after local epinephrine use during ophthalmologic surgery. |
| Key Words:
Epinephrine; Stress-induced cardiomyopathy; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy |
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