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Attempted suicide by hanging caused rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction (stress cardiomyopathy) in a single patient, likely due to a catecholamine surge.
Case Report (n=1)
Highlights that attempted suicide by hanging can cause stress cardiomyopathy due to catecholamine surge.
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Hanging survivors warrant evaluation for reversible cardiomyopathy; single case leaves open generalizability and causality.
Various physical and psychological insults can cause acute and rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction .This is called stress cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. The act of Suicidal hanging involves intense physical stress and distressing emotional outburst. We report a case of rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction following attempted suicide by hanging. The pathogenesis of left ventricular dysfunction in hanging is multifactorial but the main mechanism is due to catecholamine surge causing myocardial stunning.
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Kumar et al. (2016) conducted a case report in Stress cardiomyopathy (Takotsubo cardiomyopathy) (n=1). Attempted suicide by hanging was evaluated on Rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction. Attempted suicide by hanging caused rapidly reversible left ventricular dysfunction (stress cardiomyopathy) in a single patient, likely due to a catecholamine surge.
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