Cardiogenic Shock in a Healthy Young Woman With Acute Onset Abdominal and Chest Pain

Daniel James Belliveau; Adrienne Christine Weeks; Roger McKelvey; Sharon L Mulvagh

doi:10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.066

Cardiogenic Shock in a Healthy Young Woman With Acute Onset Abdominal and Chest Pain

JACC Case Rep. 2020 Jan 15;2(1):24-27. doi: 10.1016/j.jaccas.2019.11.066. eCollection 2020 Jan.

Authors

Daniel James Belliveau¹, Adrienne Christine Weeks², Roger McKelvey³, Sharon L Mulvagh¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
² Department of Neurosurgery, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
³ Department of Neurology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Abstract

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a relatively common yet poorly understood entity that predominantly affects women. This report presents a case of a spinal cord bleeding that triggered an atypical variant of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy and led to cardiogenic shock. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.).

Keywords: AVM, arteriovenous malformation; LV, left ventricular; LVEF, left ventricular ejection fraction; Takotsubo; cardiogenic shock; women.

Publication types

Case Reports