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Severe pulmonary dysfunction was speculated to cause a specific type of atypical stunned myocardium in a 71-year-old man presenting with transient symptoms mimicking acute myocardial infarction.
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Severe pulmonary dysfunction can cause atypical stunned myocardium that mimics acute myocardial infarction.
May prompt pulmonary evaluation in atypical MI mimics; leaves open a distinct stunned myocardium subtype.
We present the case of a 71-year-old Japanese man suffering from severe dyspnea who showed abnormal left ventricular motion in cardiac echogram with ST-T elevation in electrocardiogram, which at first was misdiagnosed as an acute myocardial infarction. Coronary angiography showed neither coronary obstructions nor spasms. The symptoms were transient and the patient soon recovered. We speculate that it is a specific type of atypical stunned myocardium caused by the great stress of severe pulmonary dysfunction.
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Kobayashi et al. (2002) conducted a case report in Atypical stunned myocardium (n=1). Severe pulmonary dysfunction was evaluated. Severe pulmonary dysfunction was speculated to cause a specific type of atypical stunned myocardium in a 71-year-old man presenting with transient symptoms mimicking acute myocardial infarction.
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