title: Transient myocardial dysfunction after smoke inhalation.
abstract: Acute onset, transient (reversible) myocardial contraction abnormality has been described in patients with acute non-cardiac illness and after acute emotional stress. Such reversible myocardial contraction abnormalities may occur via mechanisms other than reduction in epicardial coronary blood flow. We report a case of acute transient cardiomyopathy after smoke exposure. The patient developed acute heart failure without evidence of carbon monoxide poisoning that resolved within 4 days. An association between brief smoke exposure without carbon monoxide poisoning and acute heart failure has not been previously described.
authors.forename: Muhammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Jan
authors.forename: Gurusher
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Panjrath
authors.forename: Diwakar
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Jain
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000368:Aged; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D006328:Cardiac Catheterization; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D005390:Fires; D006801:Humans; D007442:Intubation, Intratracheal; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D015208:Smoke Inhalation Injury / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000503:physiopathology