[Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy in the course of carbon monoxide poisoning]

Przegl Lek. 2012;69(8):611-3.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is a clinical syndrome induced by a strong mental or physical stress, characterized by a transient hypokinesia, akinesia or dyskinesia middle segments of the left ventricle and apical, with associated electrocardiographic changes of ST-T segment like in acute coronary syndrome, with no significant changes in coronary arteries in coronary angiography. Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is mainly found in women in the sixth and seventh decade of life and represents 1-2% of cases originally diagnosed as acute coronary syndrome. We present a case of tako-tsubo syndrome in the course of carbon monoxide poisoning in a 56-year-old patient, with a positive history of ischemic heart disease and hypertension. Moreover, the reasons for its occurrence were considered based on clinical course, laboratory tests and imaging, and available literature.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning / complications*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Ischemia / complications
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*