title: Necrotic bowel induces takotsubo-like myocardial injury.
abstract: Although chest pain in association with ST-segment electrocardiographic deviation is often indicative of cardiac ischemia, it has also been associated with noncardiac conditions. The case of a 63-year-old woman that we report here is extraordinary because her presentation of "acute abdomen" did not appear severe enough to warrant urgent surgical intervention, whereas the chest pain and electrocardiographic changes (supported by rising troponin levels) created strong clinical suspicion of acute coronary syndrome. Was the evidence of cardiac ischemia a primary event, or was it a sequela of an acute surgical condition? Noncardiac surgical cases associated with evidence of myocardial injury can be extremely challenging from a diagnostic and management perspective. We believe that the accuracy of the clinical diagnosis is crucial to a well-considered approach.
authors.forename: Florian
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Koci
authors.forename: Rami
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eltibi
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hadley
authors.forename: Deepti
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D000006:Abdomen, Acute / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D000787:Angina Pectoris / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D004452:Echocardiography; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D065666:Mesenteric Ischemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009336:Necrosis; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D013312:Stress, Physiological; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology
keywords: Abdomen, acute; bowel, necrotic; diagnosis, differential; echocardiography; electrocardiography/abnormalities; radiography, abdominal; small bowel/obstruction; takotsubo cardiomyopathy; troponin/abnormalities