Citation

Krpata DM, Barksdale EM. J. Pediatr. Surg. 2013; 48(4): 876-879.

Affiliation

Department of Pediatric Surgery, Rainbow Babies and Childrens Hospital, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: David.krpata@uhhospitals.org.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2013.01.042

PMID

23583150

Abstract

We present a case of a 15 year old girl who developed transient left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome, Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy, after a significant motor vehicle accident. On post-trauma day three she developed heart failure with mid-to-apical left ventricular wall dysfunction with an EF of 10%-15%. The patient eventually regained full cardiac function by post-trauma day seven. Here we present the first case report of trauma induced left ventricular apical ballooning syndrome in pediatrics.

Language: en