Post-traumatic Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in a Pediatric Patient: A Rare Case and Diagnostic Challenge
Adil Zyani, Oualid Mzaalak Tazi, Rajae Alkouh, Ounci Es-Saad, Smael Labib · 2024
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Description
Zyani, Mzaalak Tazi, Alkouh, Es-Saad, and Labib report in twenty twenty-four a rare case of stress-type heart failure in a young crash victim. A six-year-old boy arrived with skull, rib, and arm fractures plus bruised lungs after a high-impact collision. Hours after surgery his circulation faltered and a heart damage marker rose, pointing first to a bruised heart.
Heart scans instead showed the classic pattern of takotsubo syndrome: a still tip and an overactive base of the main pumping chamber. Doctors swapped his support drug for one that adds less stress hormone load. Within a week his heart function returned to normal, and he went home stable. The authors stress early scanning to tell this syndrome from bruising in injured children.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Adil Zyani, Oualid Mzaalak Tazi, Rajae Alkouh, Ounci Es-Saad, Smael Labib |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2024 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 13 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |