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A 79-year-old woman admitted with a left femoral neck fracture who developed circulatory shock and isolated…
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May warrant VA-ECMO consideration in acute reversible RV failure from stress; hypothesis-generating for isolated RV Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
This case highlights that acute stress can trigger isolated, profound, but reversible right ventricular Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which can be successfully managed with VA-ECMO.
Sumida et al. (2017) studied this question.
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