title: Anaphylactic shock-associated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Acute heart failure in young people may have other etiologies than myocarditis. We report about a twenty-year-old female developing acute heart failure following an anaphylactic reaction after a Prick test. Initially her left ventricular ejection fraction was severely compromised on echocardiography but normalized quickly. We postulated an anaphylactic shock-associated cardiomyopathy due to the close temporal association to an anaphylactic reaction, the presence of hypereosinophilia, and the absence of specific serologic, microbiologic, and immunologic abnormalities. Anaphylactic-associated cardiomyopathy very likely represents a common cause of acute heart failure and should be thought of in young people with known atopy.
authors.forename: Maximilian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hartmann
authors.forename: Christoph
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bode
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Zirlik
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000707:Anaphylaxis / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology; D006801:Humans