Cardiology - Case Reports
Vol. 92 No. 4 (2022)
Transient left ventricular dysfunction after therapeutic pericardiocentesis - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy or pericardial decompression syndrome
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Received: 1 March 2022
Accepted: 29 March 2022
Accepted: 29 March 2022
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We present a case of reversible left ventricular (LV) dysfunction with characteristic stress or "Takotsubo" cardiomyopathy (SCM) after therapeutic pericardiocentesis in a patient with tubercular pericardial effusion. SCM following pericardiocentesis is uncommon, as opposed to the well-defined entity, pericardial decompression syndrome (PDS). PDS is defined as a paradoxical deterioration of hemodynamics and development of severe biventricular dysfunction, cardiogenic shock, and pulmonary edema after uneventful, often large volume pericardiocentesis in patients of pericardial effusion.
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“Transient Left Ventricular Dysfunction After Therapeutic Pericardiocentesis - Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy or Pericardial Decompression Syndrome”. 2022. Monaldi Archives for Chest Disease 92 (4). https://doi.org/10.4081/monaldi.2022.2253.
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