Akinesis of the apex similar to takotsubo cardiomyopathy following tetanus

Kosuke Matsuzono; Kohei Furuya; Akie Horikiri; Kumiko Miura; Younhee Kim; Tadashi Ozawa; Takafumi Mashiko; Haruo Shimazaki; Reiji Koide; Ryota Tanaka; Shigeru Fujimoto

doi:10.1016/j.jns.2018.12.014

Akinesis of the apex similar to takotsubo cardiomyopathy following tetanus

J Neurol Sci. 2019 Feb 15:397:31-33. doi: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.12.014. Epub 2018 Dec 12.

Authors

Kosuke Matsuzono¹, Kohei Furuya², Akie Horikiri³, Kumiko Miura⁴, Younhee Kim⁵, Tadashi Ozawa⁶, Takafumi Mashiko⁷, Haruo Shimazaki⁸, Reiji Koide⁹, Ryota Tanaka¹⁰, Shigeru Fujimoto¹¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: kmatsuzono51@jichi.ac.jp.
² Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: r1543hk@jichi.ac.jp.
³ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: r1836ha@jichi.ac.jp.
⁴ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: hyokkori-8@jichi.ac.jp.
⁵ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: younhee_kim@jichi.ac.jp.
⁶ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: ozawa_tadashi@jichi.ac.jp.
⁷ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: r0748tm@jichi.ac.jp.
⁸ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: hshimaza@jichi.ac.jp.
⁹ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: reiji_koide@jichi.ac.jp.
¹⁰ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: rtanaka@jichi.ac.jp.
¹¹ Division of Neurology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan. Electronic address: shigeruf830@jichi.ac.jp.

PMID: 30580052
DOI: 10.1016/j.jns.2018.12.014

No abstract available

Keywords: Akinesis; Autonomic failure; Catecholamines; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy; Tetanus.

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Aged
Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
Echocardiography
Female
Humans
Tetanus / complications*