PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Shion Miyoshi
AU  - Yuichiro Takeda
AU  - Shoki Ro
AU  - Haruna Masaki
AU  - Masayuki Hojo
AU  - Haruhito Sugiyama
TI  - Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Subsequent Seizures Induced by Flexible Bronchoscopy
AID  - 10.4187/respcare.03650
DP  - 2015 Apr 28
TA  - Respiratory Care
PG  - respcare.03650
4099  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2015/04/28/respcare.03650.short
4100  - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2015/04/28/respcare.03650.full
AB  - Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a transient left-ventricular dysfunction that typically occurs in elderly women due to emotional or physical stress. An 85-y-old woman underwent flexible bronchoscopy to evaluate her malignant lymphoma. After flexible bronchoscopy, she experienced takotsubo cardiomyopathy diagnosed by left ventriculography and subsequent generalized tonic-clonic seizure diagnosed by electroencephalography. Magnetic resonance imaging of her brain after 1 d showed post-convulsive encephalopathy. We believe that these 2 consecutive incidents were caused by the physical stress of the flexible bronchoscopy.