October 28, 2014European Heart Journal - Cardiovascular Imaging
Isolated right ventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy
Population
89-year-old woman who experienced sudden dyspnoea and chest pain 3 days after total hip replacement surgery
Design
Case_report
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Implication
Isolated RV takotsubo should be considered in post-operative RV dysfunction; extends the stress cardiomyopathy spectrum but remains hypothesis-generating from Level 5 evidence.
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Population
89-year-old woman who experienced sudden dyspnoea and chest pain 3 days after total hip replacement surgery
This case report highlights a rare presentation of isolated right ventricular takotsubo cardiomyopathy following orthopedic surgery.
Cite This Study
Kagiyama et al. (2014) studied this question.