Tako-Tsubo Syndrome in a 12-Year-Old Girl: Exhausted Heart, Not Broken Heart

被引:11
作者
Dessardo, Sandro [1 ]
Tomulic, Vjekoslav [1 ]
Dessardo, Nada Sindicic [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hosp Ctr Rijeka, Rijeka 51000, Croatia
关键词
Acute myocardial infarction; Children; Heart failure; Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;
D O I
10.1007/s00246-011-0038-1
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
We report the case of a 12-year-old girl with Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy. She was successfully treated in our Pediatric Intensive Care Unit for acute left ventricular failure, which occurred after a brief submersion in sea water. At 2-month follow-up she showed an almost complete recovery of cardiac function. We consider Tako-tsubo syndrome, which is rarely reported in the pediatric population, to be the most likely diagnosis.
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