[Wasp sting, adrenaline injection and acute thoracic pain: an un usual case of stress-induced (tako-tsubo) cardiomyopathy]

Med Klin (Munich). 2010 Apr;105(4):246-8. doi: 10.1007/s00063-010-1032-8.
[Article in German]

Abstract

Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is characterized by a transient and reversible left ventricular dysfunction and shows clinical similarities with the acute coronary syndrome. Here, the authors report and discuss a case of a patient with tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy triggered by adrenaline injection after a wasp sting.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Acute Coronary Syndrome / diagnosis
  • Aged
  • Anaphylaxis / drug therapy*
  • Animals
  • Chest Pain / chemically induced*
  • Diagnosis, Differential
  • Echocardiography
  • Electrocardiography
  • Epinephrine / administration & dosage*
  • Epinephrine / adverse effects*
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Image Processing, Computer-Assisted
  • Injections, Intravenous
  • Insect Bites and Stings / complications
  • Insect Bites and Stings / drug therapy*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Stress, Psychological / complications*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / chemically induced*
  • Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnosis
  • Troponin T / blood
  • Wasps*

Substances

  • Troponin T
  • Epinephrine