[Stunned myocardium after acute ischemic stroke].
The so-called stunned myocardium, defined as transitory myocardial contractile dysfunction, has been clearly demonstrated in diverse clinical situations. However, stunned myocardium related to ischemic stroke has been poorly identified. We describe two patients with diagnosis of acute ischemic stroke who developed eletrocardiographic changes, cardiac enzyme increasing levels and myocardial dysfunction secondary to abnormal cardiac wall motion. At the same time the patients developed acute lung injury with rapid resolution, perhaps as a consequence of neurocardiogenic components.
Varela
Daniel
D
Servicio de Terapia Intensiva, Fundación para la Lucha contra las Enfermedades Neurológicas de la Infancia (FLENI), Buenos Aires.
Díaz
Fernanda
F
Hlavnicka
Alejandro
A
Wainsztein
Néstor
N
Leiguarda
Ramón
R
D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D002545:Brain Ischemia / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D055370:Lung Injury; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D017682:Myocardial Stunning / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000201:enzymology / Q000209:etiology*; D020521:Stroke / Q000150:complications*