REVERSE TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A YOUNG ORGAN DONOR

Autor: Santhosh K. G. Koshy, Fahed Al-Darazi
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 67:1063
ISSN: 0735-1097
DOI: 10.1016/s0735-1097(16)31064-6
Popis: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) is caused by the significant production of catecholamines that lead to myocardial hypokinesis through cardiomyocytes toxicity and coronary microvascular dysfunction. We present an organ donor who developed reverse TCM (a variant of TCM) following major head trauma. 22
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