Population
A 59-year-old Japanese woman with a 10-year history of mitral regurgitation undergoing mitral valve plasty…
Design
Case_report
Follow-up
18 hours
Authors
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May prompt consideration of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in post-CPB weaning failure; leaves open optimal management pending additional reports.
This is the first reported case of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy occurring during cardiopulmonary bypass surgery, successfully managed with mechanical circulatory assistance.
Itoh et al. (2007) studied this question.
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