An unusual trigger for a neurogenic left ventricular dysfunction: Tako-Tsubo syndrome associated with hepatic encephalopathy

Liver International

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 585-586

  Seemann, Aurélien ^a   Demars, Nadège ^a   Manzo Silberman, Stéphane ^a   Cariou, Alain ^a   Fichet, Jérôme ^a  

^a Institut Cochin   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; AMMONIA; TROPONIN;

ACUTE CORONARY SYNDROME; ADULT; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ALCOHOL LIVER CIRRHOSIS; AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ASCITES; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEPATIC COMA; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMAN; HYPOKINESIA; HYPOTENSION; INTUBATION; LETTER; LIVER DYSFUNCTION; PORTAL HYPERTENSION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; ULTRASOUND;

AMMONIA; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPINEPHRINE; FEMALE; HEART VENTRICLES; HEPATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY; HUMANS; JAUNDICE; MIDDLE AGED; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY;

EID: 79952471767     PISSN: 14783223     EISSN: 14783231     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1478-3231.2010.02429.x     Document Type: Letter

References (6)

1. Kurowski V, Kaiser A, von Hof K, et al. Apical and midventricular transient left ventricular dysfunction syndrome (Tako-Tsubo cardiomyopathy): frequency, mechanisms, and prognosis. Chest 2007; 132: 809-16.
2. Mayer SA, Lin J, Homma S, et al. Myocardial injury and left ventricular performance after subarachnoid hemorrhage. Stroke 1999; 30: 780-6.
3. Frustaci A, Loperfido F, Gentiloni N, et al. Catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy in multiple endocrine neoplasia. A histologic, ultrastructural, and biochemical study. Chest 1991; 100: 1744.
4. Saner FH, Plicht B, Treckmann J, et al. Tako-Tsubo syndrome as a rare cause of cardiac failure in liver transplantation. Liver Int 2010; 30: 159-60.
5. Bybee K, Prasad A. Stress-related cardiomyopathy syndromes. Circulation 2008; 18: 397-409.
6. Fichet J, Mercier E, Genée O, et al. Prognosis and 1-year mortality of intensive care unit patients with severe hepatic encephalopathy. J Crit Care 2009; 24: 364-70.