title: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy in a snake bite victim: a case report.
abstract: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy occurs in patients with severe emotional or physiologic stress. The prognosis is usually favorable, and the left ventricular wall motion dyskinesis normalizes within days to weeks. In this paper we report a case of snake bite complicated by takotsubo cardiomyopathy. We advise physicians to consider not only cardioinhibitory effect of snake venom but also takotsubo cardiomyopathy as a differential diagnosis if the patient develops cardiac dysfunction following snake bite.
authors: Nagoya University School of Medicine, Nagoya, Japan.
authors: Kichiro
authors: K
authors: Murase
authors: Kenji
authors: K
authors: Takagi
mesh_terms: D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012909:Snake Bites / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology
keywords: Snake bite; Takotsubo cardiomyopathy