Beneficial effects of intravenous beta-blockers in Tako-Tsubo syndrome with dynamic left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and severe haemodynamic impairment

Int J Cardiol. 2014 Dec 15;177(2):e56-7. doi: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.162. Epub 2014 Oct 5.

Authors

Marion Angue¹, Laure Soubirou², David Vandroux³, Charlotte Cordier³, Olivier Martinet³, Bernard Alex Gauzere³, Eric Braunberger⁴

Affiliations

¹ Réanimation Polyvalente, CHU Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France. Electronic address: yon-ang@hotmail.fr.
² Anesthesie de chirurgie cardiaque, CHU Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France.
³ Réanimation Polyvalente, CHU Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France.
⁴ Chirurgie cardiothoracique, CHU Félix Guyon, La Réunion, Bellepierre, 97405 Saint-Denis cedex, France.

PMID: 25449492
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2014.09.162

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports
Letter

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists / therapeutic use*
Aged
Blood Pressure / physiology
Diuretics / therapeutic use
Dobutamine / therapeutic use
Echocardiography, Transesophageal
Female
Heart Rate / physiology
Hemodynamics / drug effects
Humans
Infusions, Intravenous / methods
Norepinephrine / therapeutic use
Propanolamines / therapeutic use*
Respiration, Artificial
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / complications
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / drug therapy*
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / diagnosis*
Ventricular Outflow Obstruction / drug therapy*

Substances

Adrenergic beta-1 Receptor Antagonists
Diuretics
Propanolamines
Dobutamine
esmolol
Norepinephrine