Key result
Local high-concentration epinephrine triggers Takotsubo cardiomyopathy during ophthalmologic surgery in a single patient.
Why the study?
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a recently described clinical entity characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction triggered by stress, with limited reports during ophthalmologic surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
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Local epinephrine use during ophthalmologic surgery can trigger stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy.
Stress-induced cardiomyopathy or Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a recently described clinical entity which is associated with a chest pain occurring during a stress, an abnormal ECG and/or an increase in the troponin blood level and a transient left ventricular dysfunction. Transient left ventricular dysfunction generally involves the midsection and the apex of the heart with an akinesis. We reported a case of a 55-year-old female patient who developed a stress-induced cardiomyopathy after local epinephrine use during ophthalmologic surgery.
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Lee et al. (2009) conducted a case report in Stress-induced cardiomyopathy (n=1). Local epinephrine was evaluated on Development of stress-induced cardiomyopathy. Local administration of high-concentration epinephrine during ophthalmologic surgery triggered stress-induced (Takotsubo) cardiomyopathy in a 55-year-old female patient.
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