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P G Postema1, J J Wiersma, I A C van der Bilt, P Dekkers, P F M M van Bergen.
Abstract
We describe a patient with acute heart failure shortly after pacemaker implantation. With the documentation of typical dyskinesia of the apical segments with hyperdynamic contractility of the basal segments and a normal coronary angiogram, pacemaker implantation-induced Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was diagnosed. Supportive care was administered and within several days the patient's symptoms resolved. After several weeks, the left ventricular function had fully recovered. A review of the literature on Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after pacemaker implantation is presented.Entities:
Year: 2014 PMID: 23055052 PMCID: PMC4188852 DOI: 10.1007/s12471-012-0320-8
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Neth Heart J ISSN: 1568-5888 Impact factor: 2.380