Saudi Journal of Medicine (SJM)
Volume-4 | Issue-05 | 389-394
Case Report
Perioperative Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy in Young Adult: A Case Report and Review of the Literature
Hamza Najout, Najib Bouhabba, Aissa Ismail, Sidi Driss Eljouhari Abdelghafour Elkoundi, Abdelhamid Jaafari, Mustapha Bensghir
Published : May 30, 2019
Abstract
Background: Tako-tsubo syndrome is an increasingly common cause of perioperative left ventricular dysfunction. It’s often transient and reversible. Until then, it mainly affect elderly patients but recently it begins to spread to a younger population. Case report: we report the case of a young female patient with takotsubo cardiomyopathy following a simple Laparoscopic abdominal surgery