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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a child with single-ventricle disease

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2022

Koichi Takamizawa
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Shin Ono*
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Naka Saito
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical Laboratory, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
Hideaki Ueda
Affiliation:
Department of Cardiology, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, Yokohama, Japan
*
Author for correspondence: Shin Ono, Kanagawa Children’s Medical Center, 2-138-4 Mutsukawa, Minami-ku, Yokohama 232-8555, Japan. Tel: +81-45-711-2351. E-mail: sono@kcmc.jp

Abstract

Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, a disease that causes transient contractile abnormalities mainly in the left ventricular apex, is rarely reported in children, especially in those with single-ventricle disease. A 4-year-old boy with a single right ventricle was transferred to our hospital following a severe seizure and was diagnosed with takotsubo cardiomyopathy by echocardiography. His cardiac function improved; however, he developed hypoxic-ischemic encephalopathy.

Type
Brief Report
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2022. Published by Cambridge University Press

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Social media tweet: Electrocardiographic changes in a pediatric takotsubo cardiomyopathy case with right single-ventricle disease are similar to those in adults.

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