Tako-Tsubo Syndrome in a 12-Year-Old Girl: Exhausted Heart, Not Broken Heart
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Sandro Dessardo • Vjekoslav Tomulic´ • Nada Sindic،ic´ Dessardo
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2011
Description
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.
Pediatr Cardiol DOI 10.1007/s00246-011-0038-1 Received: 16 April 2011 / Accepted: 15 June 2011
