Inverted Takotsubo cardiomyopathy--clinicopathologic correlation.
Am J Forensic Med Pathol
; 34(3): 217-21, 2013 Sep.
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| ID: mdl-23896723
ABSTRACT
We report the case of a 34-year-old woman who presented after a witnessed out-of-hospital arrest. Initial cardiac rhythm at the time of resuscitation was ventricular fibrillation. Subsequently in hospital, she developed further episodes of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. Urgent echocardiography showed features suggestive of an inverted takotsubo cardiomyopathy. Twenty-four hours after admission, there was a further episode of polymorphic ventricular tachycardia from which the patient could not be resuscitated. An autopsy confirmed the cause of death as inverted takotsubo cardiomyopathy. We present the pathological findings from the postmortem autopsy.
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Coleções:
01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Cardiomiopatia de Takotsubo
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Ventrículos do Coração
Tipo de estudo:
Etiology_studies
Limite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2013
Tipo de documento:
Article