A 66-year-old female was found hypotensive in ventricular tachycardia (V-tach). Workup confirmed septic shock and takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TCM) with left ventricular (LV) thrombus. Despite the initiation of anticoagulation therapy, she developed an embolic stroke on day 14. Malignant ventricular arrhythmia and LV thrombosis are rare complications of TCM. However, there is no specific guideline regarding prophylactic anticoagulation.
Keyphrases
- atrial fibrillation
- heart failure
- septic shock
- left ventricular
- catheter ablation
- left atrial
- venous thromboembolism
- risk factors
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- pulmonary embolism
- case report
- acute myocardial infarction
- hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
- bariatric surgery
- aortic stenosis
- mitral valve
- mesenchymal stem cells
- acute coronary syndrome
- stem cells
- coronary artery disease
- cell therapy
- aortic valve
- blood brain barrier
- replacement therapy