Stress (tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy following radiofrequency ablation of a liver tumor: a case report

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol. 2011 Feb:34 Suppl 2:S86-9. doi: 10.1007/s00270-010-9805-2. Epub 2010 Jan 20.

Abstract

Stress cardiomyopathy is characterized by transient left ventricular dysfunction occurring in the absence of obstructive coronary disease. It is precipitated by acute emotional or physical stress. We present a case of stress cardiomyopathy which developed during hepatic radiofrequency ablation of hepatocellular carcinoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / psychology
  • Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / surgery*
  • Catheter Ablation / psychology*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart Ventricles / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / psychology
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Middle Aged
  • Postoperative Complications / diagnosis*
  • Postoperative Complications / psychology
  • Radiography
  • Stress, Psychological / complications*
  • Stress, Psychological / psychology
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / psychology