title: A Case Report of Reversible Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy after Amphetamine/Dextroamphetamine Ingestion in a 15-Year-Old Adolescent Girl.
abstract: Stimulant medications are used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and serious cardiac complications can occur when these medications are abused. We present a 15-year-old adolescent girl who was found to have a Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after acute amphetamine/dextroamphetamine ingestion.
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical Toxicology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: michael.toce@childrens.harvard.edu.
authors.forename: Michael S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Toce
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Farias
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical Toxicology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Rebecca
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bruccoleri
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: David W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.affiliation: Harvard Medical Toxicology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
authors.forename: Michele M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants / Q000506:poisoning*; D003913:Dextroamphetamine / Q000506:poisoning*; D004562:Electrocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D019028:Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / Q000379:methods*; D011379:Prognosis; D020127:Recovery of Function; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013406:Suicide, Attempted; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000139:chemically induced* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D000697:Central Nervous System Stimulants; D003913:Dextroamphetamine
keywords: ADHD; case report; overdose; pediatric; poisoning; stimulant