Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Milrinone

A 67-year-old female came with acute-onset headache and altered sensorium secondary to a ruptured right giant supraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm. Echocardiography revealed global wall motion abnormalities. She underwent aneurysm clipping on day 4 following ictus and her postoperative Glas...

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Main Authors: Siddharth Srinivasan, Arjun Balakrishnan, Rajesh P. Nair, Girish Menon
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description A 67-year-old female came with acute-onset headache and altered sensorium secondary to a ruptured right giant supraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm. Echocardiography revealed global wall motion abnormalities. She underwent aneurysm clipping on day 4 following ictus and her postoperative Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was E2VTM5. She developed an infarct in the caudate nucleus for which milrinone infusion was started. Following milrinone infusion her blood pressure dropped significantly. Despite stopping milrinone, it did not respond to noradrenaline or dopamine. Investigations revealed a troponin of 0.6 ng/mL, and electrocardiogram showed new ST-T changes in leads V3-V6. Echocardiography showed paradoxical apical excursion, suggestive of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. She was started on vasopressin, her blood pressure stabilized, and noradrenaline was gradually tapered. Due to prolonged hypoperfusion, however, GCS dropped to E2VTM3. Eventually, inotropes were stopped, and cardiac contractility recovered. The patient had a sudden drop in GCS on postoperative day 25 and died.
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spelling doaj-art-b0f60f9f221e463b87e6817dce3277942025-08-20T02:15:36ZengThieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd.Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care2348-05482348-926X10.1055/s-0045-1809056Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with MilrinoneSiddharth Srinivasan0Arjun Balakrishnan1https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6155-6278Rajesh P. Nair2Girish Menon3Department of Neurosurgery, Fortis Hospital, New Delhi, IndiaDepartment of Anesthesiology, Kasturba Medical College - Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Adarsha Hospitals, Udupi, Karnataka, IndiaDepartment of Neurosurgery, Kasturba Medical College - Manipal, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, IndiaA 67-year-old female came with acute-onset headache and altered sensorium secondary to a ruptured right giant supraclinoid internal carotid artery aneurysm. Echocardiography revealed global wall motion abnormalities. She underwent aneurysm clipping on day 4 following ictus and her postoperative Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) score was E2VTM5. She developed an infarct in the caudate nucleus for which milrinone infusion was started. Following milrinone infusion her blood pressure dropped significantly. Despite stopping milrinone, it did not respond to noradrenaline or dopamine. Investigations revealed a troponin of 0.6 ng/mL, and electrocardiogram showed new ST-T changes in leads V3-V6. Echocardiography showed paradoxical apical excursion, suggestive of Takotsubo cardiomyopathy. She was started on vasopressin, her blood pressure stabilized, and noradrenaline was gradually tapered. Due to prolonged hypoperfusion, however, GCS dropped to E2VTM3. Eventually, inotropes were stopped, and cardiac contractility recovered. The patient had a sudden drop in GCS on postoperative day 25 and died.http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1809056neurogenic stunned myocardiumTakotsubo cardiomyopathymilrinone
spellingShingle Siddharth Srinivasan
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Rajesh P. Nair
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Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Milrinone
Journal of Neuroanaesthesiology and Critical Care
neurogenic stunned myocardium
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
milrinone
title Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Milrinone
title_full Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Milrinone
title_fullStr Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Milrinone
title_full_unstemmed Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Milrinone
title_short Neurogenic Stunned Myocardium Progressing to Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy with Milrinone
title_sort neurogenic stunned myocardium progressing to takotsubo cardiomyopathy with milrinone
topic neurogenic stunned myocardium
Takotsubo cardiomyopathy
milrinone
url http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.1055/s-0045-1809056
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