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Reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy with left bundle branch block after anesthesia induction in a patient with subarachnoid hemorrhage: a case report

  • Choi, Eun Kyung (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Jong-Hoon (Department of Neurosurgery, Yeungnam University College of Medicine) ;
  • Kim, Minhyun (Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Yeungnam University College of Medicine)
  • Received : 2021.07.26
  • Accepted : 2021.09.07
  • Published : 2022.04.30
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Abstract

Takotsubo or reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a well-known cardiac complication of subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) that shows transient left ventricular wall motion abnormalities with electrocardiogram (ECG) changes. ST change followed by T inversion is a common ECG finding complicated with these disorders, left bundle branch block (LBBB) may be a potential ECG pattern which is seen. In this case, we describe the clinical profile and outcomes of a patient with LBBB and reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after anesthetic induction, which was scheduled as an emergent external ventricular drainage after SAH. This is the first report of an LBBB pattern in reverse Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

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