Tako-tsubo syndrome in a 12-year-old girl: exhausted heart, not broken heart

Pediatr Cardiol. 2011 Oct;32(7):1008-11. doi: 10.1007/s00246-011-0038-1. Epub 2011 Jun 28.

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.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

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