TY - JOUR
T1 - Hemodynamic support with TandemHeart™ in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy - A case report
AU - Hassid, Babak
AU - Azmoon, Shah
AU - Aronow, Wilbert S.
AU - Palaniswamy, Chandrasekar
AU - Cohen, Martin
AU - Gass, Alan
PY - 2010/12
Y1 - 2010/12
N2 - Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by chest pain, electrocardiographic abnormalities mimicking acute myocardial infarction, akinesis or dyskinesis of apical or mid left ventricular segments, and the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is usually a potentially reversible form of cardiac dysfunction. A careful literature search revealed no previous report of a patient requiring mechanical circulatory support in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. We report a patient with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, ventricular fibrillation, and hemodynamic instability requiring a left ventricular assist device (TandemHeart™) followed by improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction to 45%.
AB - Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by chest pain, electrocardiographic abnormalities mimicking acute myocardial infarction, akinesis or dyskinesis of apical or mid left ventricular segments, and the absence of obstructive coronary artery disease. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is usually a potentially reversible form of cardiac dysfunction. A careful literature search revealed no previous report of a patient requiring mechanical circulatory support in tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. We report a patient with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, ventricular fibrillation, and hemodynamic instability requiring a left ventricular assist device (TandemHeart™) followed by improvement of left ventricular ejection fraction to 45%.
KW - Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy
KW - TandemHeart™
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/78751479201
U2 - 10.5114/aoms.2010.19311
DO - 10.5114/aoms.2010.19311
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:78751479201
SN - 1734-1922
VL - 6
SP - 971
EP - 975
JO - Archives of Medical Science
JF - Archives of Medical Science
IS - 6
ER -