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Anesth Analg 2006;103:580-582
© 2006 International Anesthesia Research Society
doi: 10.1213/01.ane.0000226091.19987.c6

CARDIOVASCULAR ANESTHESIA

Early Postoperative Tako-Tsubo-Like Left Ventricular Dysfunction: Transient Left Ventricular Apical Ballooning Syndrome

Claude Lentschener*, Olivier Vignaux{dagger}, Christian Spaulding{ddagger}, Philippe Bonnichon§, Paul Legmann{dagger}, and Yves Ozier*

From the Departments of *Anesthesia and Critical Care, {dagger}Radiology, {ddagger}Cardiology, §Surgery, Université Paris-Descartes, Faculté de Médecine, Assistance Publique—Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France.

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Claude Lentschener, MD, Department of Anesthesia and Critical Care, Hôpital Cochin, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, 75679 Paris Cedex 14, France. Address e-mail to claude.lentschener{at}cch.aphp.fr.

We diagnosed transient left ventricular apical wall motion abnormalities after surgery in a patient presenting with a clinical and electrocardiographic picture of acute myocardial infarction in the absence of significant coronary disease. These angiographic, clinical, and electrocardiographic features satisfied the criteria of the recently described tako-tsubo-like left ventricular dysfunction.




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