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CASE REPORT
Acute pancreatitis-induced takotsubo cardiomyopathy and cardiogenic shock treated with a percutaneous left ventricular assist device
  1. Andree H Koop,
  2. Ryan E Bailey,
  3. Philip E Lowman
  1. Department of Critical Care Medicine, Mayo Clinic’s Campus in Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, USA
  1. Correspondence to Dr Andree H Koop, Koop.Andree{at}mayo.edu

Summary

A 63-year-old man was admitted for severe acute pancreatitis. On day 3 of hospitalisation, he developed shortness of breath and acute pulmonary oedema. Echocardiogram revealed global hypokinesis with a left ventricular ejection fraction of 20%, and he was diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy. He developed cardiogenic shock which was treated successfully with a percutaneous left ventricular assist device. His left ventricular ejection fraction improved by hospital follow-up 3 weeks later.

  • cardiovascular medicine
  • pancreatitis

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2018-225877

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    • Contributors Conception and design: AHK, REB and PL. Drafting of the article: AHK, REB and PL. Collection of images: AHK, REB and PL. Critical revision of the article: AHK, REB and PL. Final approval of the article: AHK, REB and PL.

    • Funding The authors have not declared a specific grant for this research from any funding agency in the public, commercial or not-for-profit sectors.

    • Competing interests None declared.

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    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.