Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Friis, J

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2007.05280.x

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“…Today, the exact prevalence of the Tako-Tsubo syndrome is not known [ 20 ]. It is estimated at 2–8 per year and per 1 million inhabitants.…”

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“…Altogether more than 1,000 cases have been reported [ 21 ] but only few during anaesthesia. The syndrome was reported both in male [ 9 , 22 ] and female patients, but most reported cases of this syndrome (more than 90-95%) affect elderly women [ 7 ] being older than 60 years [ 22 ] or being postmenopausal [ 1 , 5 , 8 , 20 ]. The average age at diagnosis is 68 years [ 21 ]; however, a few cases have been described in paediatric patients [ 21 ].…”

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Case report of Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy associated with repetitive anaesthesia in a female patient with Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy

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BackgroundTako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC) is a rare disorder with high relevance for anaesthesia. It is an acute cardiac syndrome characterized by an acute onset of reversible left ventricular dysfunction associated with emotional and physical stress. This is the only case published of a patient having five severe Tako-Tsubo incidents in five consecutive general anaesthesia procedures within one year.Case presentationA 61 years old female patient (height 1.65 m; weight 70 kg) presented with a haemorrhagic pituitary adenoma with compression of the optic chiasm and was scheduled for transnasal endoscopic tumour resection. We report a case series with five consecutive anaesthesia procedures in the same patient for neurosurgery.This case series is remarkable since the severe symptoms occurred during every anaesthesia procedure. The female patient was resuscitated two times including therapeutic hypothermia, but fortunately no neurological or cognitive deficit was detectable.ConclusionsTTC may initially present in the perioperative period with pulmonary oedema, electrocardiographic (ECG) changes, elevation of cardiac enzymes, and cardiogenic shock or cardiac arrest.Since the risk of recurrence is considered to be low in TTC, this case report is of high interest. In each procedure similar clinical signs were found which resulted in severe haemodynamic derangements in every manifestation and cardiac arrest in two of the manifestations. Despite cardiopulmonary resuscitation twice, the patient survived without any neurological deficiency.

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“…Today, the exact prevalence of the Tako-Tsubo syndrome is not known [ 20 ]. It is estimated at 2–8 per year and per 1 million inhabitants.…”

Section: Case Presentationmentioning

confidence: 99%