RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Human stress cardiomyopathy mimicking acute myocardial syndrome
JF Heart
JO Heart
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Cardiovascular Society
SP 509
OP 511
DO 10.1136/hrt.78.5.509
VO 78
IS 5
A1 Pavin, D
A1 Le Breton, H
A1 Daubert, C
YR 1997
UL http://heart.bmj.com/content/78/5/509.abstract
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.