Affiliation:
1. Deparment of Paediatrics, Deenanath Mangeshkar Hospital and Research Centre, Pune, Maharashtra, India
Abstract
Abstract
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy constitutes an acute cardiac condition that mimics acute myocardial infarction in the absence of coronary artery disease. We present a case of a 7-month-old girl, who was admitted in the pediatric intensive care unit (PICU) at a tertiary care hospital for clinical deterioration with underlying familial hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis. During the PICU stay, on echocardiography, the patient had severe cardiac contractility compromise with a characteristic pattern of regional wall motion abnormalities of the left ventricle. This, in combination with elevated cardiac enzymes, led to the diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
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