Asad Ali, Malik Qistas Ahmad, Muhammad Bilal Malik, Zara Z Alvi, Waleed Iftikhar, Deepak Kumar, Usama Nasir, Nouman Safdar Ali, Zohaib Sayyed, Risham Javaid, Neha Waqas, Shahzad Ahmed Sami, Abbas M Cheema
Neurogenic stunned myocardium (NSM) is defined as the occurrence of cardiac abnormalities due to neurological events such as stroke, seizures, etc. These events lead to dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and ultimately cause injury to the myocardium. The clinical features seen in NSM include elevated troponin level, left ventricular dysfunction, and changes on the electrocardiogram (ECG). However, these features are also seen in Takotsubo cardiomyopathy as well as in an acute coronary syndrome (ACS)...
August 10, 2018: Curēus