An uncommon cause for grade 3 primary graft dysfunction after lung transplantation: Takotsubo cardiomyopathy

Alkın Yazıcıoğlu; Mahmut Subaşı; Sinan Türkkan; Sema Turan; Omaç Tüfekçioğlu; Erdal Yekeler

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2018.14905

Alkın Yazıcıoğlu¹, Mahmut Subaşı¹, Sinan Türkkan¹, Sema Turan², Omaç Tüfekçioğlu³, Erdal Yekeler¹

¹Department of Thoracic Surgery and Lung Transplantation, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
²2Department of Intensive Care, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
³Department of Cardiology, Türkiye Yüksek İhtisas Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2018.14905

Takotusubo cardiomyopathy is an acute, temporary cardiac syndrome which is important for the differential diagnosis of dynamic electrocardiography alterations. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy related to lung transplantation is rather rare in the literature with only two case reports. Our case is the first Takotsubo cardiomyopathy case that manifested in the early period after lung transplantation. In this article, we present a 61-yearold male patient who was performed bilateral sequential lung transplantation for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. During follow-up, Takotsubo cardiomyopathy was diagnosed, primary graft dysfunction related to cardiomyopathy was observed, and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation was required.

Keywords : Cardiomyopathy; graft dysfunction; lung transplantation; Takotsubo.

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