Postpartum reverse-Takotsubo from pheochromocytoma diagnosed by bedside point-of-care ultrasound: A case report.

ABSTRACT: Point-of-care ultrasound is invaluable in the setting of obstetric anesthesia, where the differential diagnosis for dyspnea, hypoxemia and/or hemodynamic abnormalities is broad. This report describes a previously apparently healthy parturient with an uncomplicated pregnancy at 35-weeks gestation who underwent an emergency cesarean section under general anesthesia due to severe acute abdominal pain and fetal bradycardia. Intraoperatively, she presented with severe hypertension and tachycardia that were difficult to control and associated with ischemic ECG changes. In the immediate postoperative period, she developed retrosternal tightness and dyspnea, and a bedside point-of-care ultrasound scan revealed a grossly dilated and hypokinetic left ventricle, as well as diffuse B-lines throughout

SUBMITTER: Leitch JK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9983720 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature