Ren-Hua Sun, Bang-Chuan Hu, Qian Li
Intensive Care Unit, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, China. sunrenhua_1@yahoo.com.cn
Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan) 2012Stress-induced cardiomyopathy, a reversible left ventricular dysfunction, has been reported following anaphylaxis; this clinical circumstance seems to be linked to elevated levels of circulating catecholamines. We present a 36-year-old woman diagnosed as stress-induced cardiomyopathy following ceftriaxone-induced anaphylaxis. After anaphylactic reaction, the patient initially presented with cardiogenic shock, and subsequently developed multiple organ failure. She recovered basically by multiple organ supportive therapies including intra-aortic balloon pump and continuous veno-venous hemofiltration. This case provides a unique opportunity to observe the triggering of stress-induced cardiomyopathy, and also it provides evidence to support the role of catecholamine in the pathogenesis of this disease.
Ren-Hua Sun, Bang-Chuan Hu, Qian Li. Stress-induced cardiomyopathy complicated by multiple organ failure following cephalosporin-induced anaphylaxis. Internal medicine (Tokyo, Japan). 2012;51(8):895-9
PMID: 22504246
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