The perfect storm: A quadrifecta of complications with takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is generally considered to have a favorable prognosis. However, several major problems may complicate the clinical course. We present a patient with four simultaneous complications of shock, left ventricular thrombus, left ventricular outflow obstruction, and severe mitral r...

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Autores principales: Amin, Raj, Fritz, Timothy, McNamara, Richard
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation 2016
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Images in Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5624189/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28979907
http://dx.doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2016.38
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description Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is generally considered to have a favorable prognosis. However, several major problems may complicate the clinical course. We present a patient with four simultaneous complications of shock, left ventricular thrombus, left ventricular outflow obstruction, and severe mitral regurgitation. Despite this dramatic presentation, the patient had a complete recovery with resolution of all four complications within weeks.
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spelling pubmed-56241892017-10-04 The perfect storm: A quadrifecta of complications with takotsubo cardiomyopathy Amin, Raj Fritz, Timothy McNamara, Richard Glob Cardiol Sci Pract Images in Cardiology Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is generally considered to have a favorable prognosis. However, several major problems may complicate the clinical course. We present a patient with four simultaneous complications of shock, left ventricular thrombus, left ventricular outflow obstruction, and severe mitral regurgitation. Despite this dramatic presentation, the patient had a complete recovery with resolution of all four complications within weeks. Magdi Yacoub Heart Foundation 2016-12-30 /pmc/articles/PMC5624189/ /pubmed/28979907 http://dx.doi.org/10.21542/gcsp.2016.38 Text en Copyright © 2016 The Author(s) http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution license CC BY 4.0, which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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