• A & A case reports · Jan 2016

    Case Reports

    Liver Transplantation Using Dexmedetomidine in a Patient with a History of Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy.

    • Ahmed Mukhtar, Heba Moharam, Khaled Sarhan, Hisham Hosni, and Maged Salah.
    • From the *Department of Anesthesia, Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt; and the †Department of Anesthesia, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt.
    • A A Case Rep. 2016 Jan 1; 6 (1): 14-6.

    AbstractTakotsubo cardiomyopathy has been described in patients undergoing liver transplantation. However, the ideal anesthetic management of patients with a history of takotsubo cardiomyopathy remains unclear, especially in patients undergoing liver transplantation. We describe the use of dexmedetomidine in a patient with a history of takotsubo cardiomyopathy undergoing living-donor liver transplantation.

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