A Case Report of Reversible Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy after Amphetamine/Dextroamphetamine Ingestion in a 15-Year-Old Adolescent Girl

Michael S Toce; Michael Farias; Rebecca Bruccoleri; David W Brown; Michele M Burns

doi:10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.038

A Case Report of Reversible Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy after Amphetamine/Dextroamphetamine Ingestion in a 15-Year-Old Adolescent Girl

J Pediatr. 2017 Mar:182:385-388.e3. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.038. Epub 2016 Dec 13.

Authors

Michael S Toce¹, Michael Farias², Rebecca Bruccoleri³, David W Brown², Michele M Burns⁴

Affiliations

¹ Harvard Medical Toxicology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA. Electronic address: michael.toce@childrens.harvard.edu.
² Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
³ Harvard Medical Toxicology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.
⁴ Harvard Medical Toxicology Program, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA; Department of Medicine, Division of Emergency Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

PMID: 27979580
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.11.038

Abstract

Stimulant medications are used in the treatment of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and serious cardiac complications can occur when these medications are abused. We present a 15-year-old adolescent girl who was found to have a Takotsubo cardiomyopathy after acute amphetamine/dextroamphetamine ingestion.

Keywords: ADHD; case report; overdose; pediatric; poisoning; stimulant.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Central Nervous System Stimulants / poisoning*
Dextroamphetamine / poisoning*
Electrocardiography / methods
Female
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Cine / methods*
Prognosis
Recovery of Function
Risk Assessment
Suicide, Attempted
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / chemically induced*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnostic imaging*
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / therapy
Treatment Outcome

Substances

Central Nervous System Stimulants
Dextroamphetamine