Perioperative Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in liver transplant recipients is a rare but potentially lethal condition with poorly understood pathophysiology and no established prevention or management guidelines.
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Alerts clinicians to rare perioperative Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in liver transplant; leaves open need for prospective data to guide management.
A comprehensive analysis of published cases of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, occurred in liver transplant recipients in the perioperative period, has been attempted in this review. Predisposing factors, precipitating events, potential physiological mechanisms, acute and post-event management have been discussed.
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Vitin et al. (2018) studied this question.
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