Highlights the possibility of Takotsubo syndrome as a complication following major thoracic surgery such as pneumonectomy.
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May warrant Takotsubo evaluation in post-pneumonectomy HF; extends surgical triggers but leaves open need for confirmatory data.
Takotsubo syndrome is a cardiomyopathy consisting of myocardial sideration occurring after emotional stress that is characterized by transient apical bloating of the left ventricle. We report the observation of a 69-year-old patient, who underwent a left pneumonectomy for a large left bronchopulmonary apical cancer with the postoperative course complicated by acute heart failure with dyspnea. The diagnosis of takotsubo syndrome was by exclusion after eliminating the other etiologies of dyspnea postpneumonectomy.
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