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- Title
Intra-operative Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy during carotid body tumor excision: An indication for therapeutic use of Levosimendan.
- Authors
Chauhan, Gaurav; Diwan, Sahil; Gupta, Kapil; Maan, Prashant; Nayar, Pavan
- Abstract
This article presents a case of intra-operative cardiogenic shock due to Tako-Tsubo syndrome during carotid body tumor excision. The patient was a 52-year-old man in American Society of Anaesthesiologists functional class II who was scheduled for excision of a chemodectoma. The anesthesiologists employed levosimendan and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) for acute hemodynamic instability.
- Subjects
NONCHROMAFFIN paraganglioma; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CAROTID body tumors; SURGERY
- Publication
Journal of Anaesthesiology Clinical Pharmacology, 2013, Vol 29, Issue 2, p265
- ISSN
0970-9185
- Publication type
Case Study
- DOI
10.4103/0970-9185.111730