ST elevation--an indication of reversible neurogenic myocardial dysfunction in patients with head injury

Ann Card Anaesth. 2009 Jul-Dec;12(2):149-51. doi: 10.4103/0971-9784.53446.

Abstract

This report describes a patient who presented with signs of meningitis four days after head injury. The patient had ST elevation on electrocardiography along with hypotension and positive tropinin T test, mimicking inferior wall infarction. The ST changes resolved within 48 hours of intensive care management. Subsequent investigations failed to document any myocardial infarction.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Accidents, Traffic
  • Adult
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
  • Craniocerebral Trauma / complications*
  • Critical Care
  • Electrocardiography*
  • Glasgow Coma Scale
  • Heart Rate / physiology*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Troponin T / blood

Substances

  • Troponin T