PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Pavin, D
AU  - Le Breton, H
AU  - Daubert, C
TI  - Human stress cardiomyopathy mimicking acute myocardial syndrome
AID  - 10.1136/hrt.78.5.509
DP  - 1997 Nov 01
TA  - Heart
PG  - 509--511
VI  - 78
IP  - 5
4099  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/78/5/509.short
4100  - http://heart.bmj.com/content/78/5/509.full
SO  - Heart1997 Nov 01; 78
AB  - Two cases of transient acute cardiomyopathy occurring in the immediate aftermath of intense emotional stress and without any identified aetiology are described. These two case reports, mimicking cases of acute cardiomyopathy described in patients with pheochromocytoma, suggest the possibility in man of acute catecholamine induced cardiomyopathy related to major emotional stress alone, a phenomenon so far reported only in animal experimental models.