Apical ballooning (Takotsubo) syndrome in the setting of chronic alcohol-induced hyponatremia
| Autor: | Olufolahan Carrena, Henry E. Okafor, Yehualashet Bekele Hailemariam, Derek Eshun |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Takotsubo syndrome Apical ballooning biology business.industry Mechanical Engineering medicine.medical_treatment Metals and Alloys Cardiomyopathy medicine.disease Chronic alcohol Troponin Mechanics of Materials Internal medicine medicine Cardiology biology.protein Hyponatremia business Thiazide Cardiac catheterization medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Case Reports in Internal Medicine. 5:10 |
| ISSN: | 2332-7251 2332-7243 |
| Popis: | Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is also known as stress induced cardiomyopathy and transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome. There have been few case reports where hyponatremia was implicated as a trigger for stress-induced cardiomyopathy. We report the unusual case of a 79-year-old African American woman without any discernible recent stressors who presented atypically with generalized fatigue and was found to have severe hyponatremia (from chronic alcohol use and thiazide diuretics) and significantly elevated Troponin. Her echocardiogram and cardiac catheterization revealed typical features of apical ballooning syndrome. |
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