Key result
Major cardiac surgery can trigger takotsubo cardiomyopathy as an early postoperative complication, which clinically simulates acute myocardial infarction.
Case Report (n=1)
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy should be considered as a potential early complication following major cardiac surgery and must be promptly differentiated from acute myocardial infarction.
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Clinicians should consider takotsubo cardiomyopathy in the early postoperative differential after cardiac surgery; this case report leaves open questions on incidence and management.
Chiariello et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (n=1). Cardiac surgery was evaluated on Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Major cardiac surgery can trigger takotsubo cardiomyopathy as an early postoperative complication, which clinically simulates acute myocardial infarction.
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