Key result
Early Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after lung transplantation triggers severe primary graft dysfunction requiring ECMO support.
Why the study?
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy related to lung transplantation is rare and its role in primary graft dysfunction is not well documented.
Case Report (n=1)
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a rare but important differential diagnosis for dynamic electrocardiography alterations and primary graft dysfunction early after lung transplantation.
May warrant consideration of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in early post-lung transplant graft dysfunction; hypothesis-generating case requiring confirmation.
Takotusubo cardiomyopathy is an acute, temporary cardiac syndrome which is important for the differential diagnosis of dynamic electrocardiography alterations. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy related to lung transplantation is rather rare in the literature with only two case reports. Our case is the first Takotsubo cardiomyopathy case that manifested in the early period after lung transplantation. In this article, we present a 61-yearold male patient who was performed bilateral sequential lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. During follow-up, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was diagnosed, primary graft dysfunction related to cardiomyopathy was observed, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was required.
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Alkın Yazıcıoğlu (2018) conducted a case report in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after lung transplantation (n=1). Bilateral sequential lung transplantation was evaluated on Development of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and primary graft dysfunction. A 61-year-old male developed Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and subsequent primary graft dysfunction requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the early period after lung transplantation.
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