Abstract
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.
MeSH terms
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Child
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Coronary Angiography
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Disease Progression
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Echocardiography
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Electrocardiography
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Female
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Follow-Up Studies
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Heart Failure / diagnosis
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Heart Failure / etiology*
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Heart Failure / physiopathology
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Humans
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Recovery of Function*
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Severity of Illness Index
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / complications*
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis
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Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / physiopathology
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Ventricular Function, Left / physiology*