Un syndrome de Takotsubo chez une patiente jeune

Pericard, Christophe; Baudry, Guillaume; Devaux, B; Puechal, S; Samain, Emmanuel

doi:10.1016/j.annfar.2008.05.012

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“…Stress-induced cardiomyopathy has been previously linked to the pre-operative period 9 but the pathophysiological mechanisms are unclear and a wide range of anaesthetic agents have been implicated including methohexital, succinylcholine, sulfentanyl, propofol and atracurium. 10 – 12 In our patient, surgery on the hip metastasis had not yet commenced so inadequate depth of anaesthesia could not have been the trigger. Similarly, she was fitted with a supraglottic airway not requiring tracheal manipulation so that was unlikely to have been the stimulus.…”

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An unusual cause of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia: Acquired long QT syndrome from atypical variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy

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et al. 2020

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A 55-year-old woman with a recent history of surgically and radioiodine treated thyroid cancer experienced a run of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia with hemodynamic perturbation during anaesthetic induction with propofol, fentanyl and rocuronium for elective surgical excision of right hip metastasis. Electrocardiography showed new T-wave inversion and QT prolongation that subsequently resolved. Cardiac enzymes were elevated but invasive coronary angiography showed unobstructed epicardial coronary arteries. Cardiovascular magnetic resonance showed not only normal biventricular size and systolic function but also a striking pattern of patchy myocardial oedema involving the basal-to-mid anterior, septal and inferior walls and some associated hypertrophy in the anteroseptum (representing focal myocardial swelling from the oedema) but no focal or diffuse myocardial fibrosis. All these abnormalities resolved on subsequent convalescent imaging. A diagnosis of multifactorial acquired long QT syndrome secondary to atypical variant stress-induced cardiomyopathy was made with the likely provoking factors in this case having been the female sex, understandable pre-operative anxiety, anaesthetic drugs, supraglottic airway placement and thyroid dysfunction. An implantable loop recorder during follow-up detected no further significant arrhythmias and she remains well and asymptomatic to date on a low dose of beta-blocker.

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