TY - JOUR T1 - Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy and Subsequent Seizures Induced by Flexible Bronchoscopy JF - Respiratory Care DO - 10.4187/respcare.03650 SP - respcare.03650 AU - Shion Miyoshi AU - Yuichiro Takeda AU - Shoki Ro AU - Haruna Masaki AU - Masayuki Hojo AU - Haruhito Sugiyama Y1 - 2015/04/28 UR - http://rc.rcjournal.com/content/early/2015/04/28/respcare.03650.abstract N2 - 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. ER -