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01-04-2011 | Case Report

A case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy with ventricular fibrillation after gastroenterological endoscopy

Authors: Soo Ryang Kim, Keiichi Nakashima, Sunao Nishiuchi, Susumu Imoto, Taisuke Nakajima, Kenji Ando, Keiji Mita, Katsumi Fukuda, Yeong Ho Lee, Yumi Otono, Yoshitake Hayashi

Published in: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology | Issue 2/2011

Abstract

We describe a case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy with ventricular fibrillation after gastroenterological endoscopy in a 66-year-old woman. Ten minutes after the upper and lower gastrointestinal endoscopic examinations, the patient lost consciousness, went into respiratory arrest, and became cyanotic; an electrocardiogram (ECG) showed ventricular fibrillation. Electrical defibrillation was applied three times resulting in the patient’s recovery. Subsequently, the ECG showed ST elevation in V₂–V₃; ultrasound cardiography showed a severely hyperkinetic base of the left ventricle, with the rest of the ventricle akinetic; and cardiac catheterization disclosed a normal coronary artery and normal contraction of the left ventricle.

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Title: A case of takotsubo cardiomyopathy with ventricular fibrillation after gastroenterological endoscopy
Authors: Soo Ryang Kim
Keiichi Nakashima
Sunao Nishiuchi
Susumu Imoto
Taisuke Nakajima
Kenji Ando
Keiji Mita
Katsumi Fukuda
Yeong Ho Lee
Yumi Otono
Yoshitake Hayashi
Publication date: 01-04-2011
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: Clinical Journal of Gastroenterology / Issue 2/2011
Print ISSN: 1865-7257
Electronic ISSN: 1865-7265
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12328-010-0201-x

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