HUMAN STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY MIMICKING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL SYNDROME

Authors
PAVIN D LEBRETON H DAUBERT C
Citation
D. Pavin et al., HUMAN STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY MIMICKING ACUTE MYOCARDIAL SYNDROME, HEART, 78(5), 1997, pp. 509-511
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiac & Cardiovascular System
Journal title
HEART → ACNP
ISSN journal
13556037
Volume
78
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
509 - 511
Database
ISI
SICI code
1355-6037(1997)78:5<509:HSCMAM>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Two cases of transient acute cardiomyopathy occurring in the immediate aftermath of intense emotional stress and without any identified aeti ology are described. These two case reports, mimicking cases of acute cardiomyopathy described in patients with pheochromocytoma, suggest th e possibility in man of acute catecholamine induced cardiomyopathy rel ated to major emotional stress alone, a phenomenon so far reported onl y in animal experimental models.