Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in the Management of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy Secondary to Mitral Valve Replacement Surgery: A Case Report.

Unlike classical myocardial infarction, acute emotional or physical stress can trigger distinct but transient wall motion abnormalities with patent coronary arteries. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TC) classically presents as systolic and diastolic left ventricular (LV) dysfunction, which is widely accepted to be secondary to catecholamine-induced microvascular dysfunction. Our case report describes a 26-year-old female undergoing mitral valve replacement (MVR) surgery for infective endocarditis and postoperatively developing TC.