title: A case of anorexia nervosa complicated with strongly suspected stress-induced cardiomyopathy and mural thrombus.
abstract: Stress-induced cardiomyopathy is a unique reversible cardiovascular disease precipitated by acute emotional or physical stress. It is associated with a high prevalence of chronic anxiety disorder that precedes the onset of cardiomyopathy, as well as comorbid cardiovascular risk factors that are similar to the ST segment elevation of myocardial infarction. A thirty-five-year-old woman suffering from anorexia nervosa visited our hospital complaining of severe general weakness. She was diagnosed with stress-induced cardiomyopathy and mural thrombus using a transthoracic echocardiogram. Therefore, she was given anticoagulation therapy and nutrition with immediate psychiatric interventions. After two weeks of treatment, the follow-up echocardiogram indicated a significant improvement of the left ventricular dysfunction and mural thrombus.
authors: Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea.
authors: Kyung-Hee
authors: KH
authors: Kim
authors: Ho-Joong
authors: HJ
authors: Youn
authors: Wook-Hyun
authors: WH
authors: Lee
authors: Jin-Suk
authors: JS
authors: Kim
authors: Jae-Gyung
authors: JG
authors: Kim
authors: Ha-Wook
authors: HW
authors: Park
authors: Jinsoo
authors: J
authors: Min
authors: Gee-Hee
authors: GH
authors: Kim
authors: Hae-Ok
authors: HO
authors: Jung