A Case Report of Cerebral Arterial Gas Embolism (CAGE) Associated with Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Overview

Journal Diving Hyperb Med

Specialties Emergency Medicine
Orthopedics

Date 2019 Sep 17

PMID 31523799

Authors

Denise McCool

Chris Butler

John Evans

Carsten Aase

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Abstract

A 43-year-old female scuba diver was retrieved and treated following a rapid ascent and presumed cerebral arterial gas embolism (CAGE). She subsequently developed respiratory distress and was found to have Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, with transient left ventricular dysfunction, elevated cardiac enzymes, and normal CT coronary angiography. We believe this to be the first report of CAGE associated with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy.

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