Reversal of cardiogenic shock and severe mitral regurgitation through verapamil in hypertensive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy

Chest. 1993 Jul;104(1):319-20. doi: 10.1378/chest.104.1.319.

Abstract

A 65-year-old man with long-standing hypertension developed cardiogenic shock due to the onset of left ventricular outflow obstruction and severe mitral regurgitation after surgical repair for abdominal aortic aneurysm. This complication occurred in the early postoperative period and reversed immediately after treatment with intravenous verapamil.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Aortic Aneurysm, Abdominal / surgery
  • Aortic Rupture / surgery
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / complications*
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / complications*
  • Male
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / drug therapy*
  • Mitral Valve Insufficiency / etiology
  • Postoperative Complications
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / drug therapy*
  • Shock, Cardiogenic / etiology
  • Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / complications*
  • Verapamil / therapeutic use*

Substances

  • Verapamil