From right to left heart failure: an unexpected transition

Hassan Baydoun; George Khoueiry; Zahraa Ghandour; Yefim Olkovsky

doi:10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.11.002

From right to left heart failure: an unexpected transition

Heart Lung. 2014 Jan-Feb;43(1):41-4. doi: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.11.002. Epub 2013 Nov 11.

Authors

Hassan Baydoun¹, George Khoueiry², Zahraa Ghandour³, Yefim Olkovsky⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Staten Island University Hospital, 475 Seaview Avenue, Staten Island, NY 10305, USA. Electronic address: baydoun.hassan@gmail.com.
² Department of Cardiology, Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center, NH, USA.
³ Faculty of Medical Sciences, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, Staten Island University Hospital, NY, USA.

PMID: 24373339
DOI: 10.1016/j.hrtlng.2013.11.002

Abstract

Right and left heart failure are very common clinical syndromes with close correlation. Right-sided or right ventricular heart failure usually occurs as a result of left-sided failure. We report a very rare case of transition from right heart failure due to pulmonary embolism, followed by its resolution, to left heart failure due to Tako-tsubo syndrome within 48 h of hospitalization.

Keywords: Left ventricular failure; Pulmonary embolism; Right ventricular failure; Takotsubo syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Echocardiography
Electrocardiography
Female
Heart Failure / etiology*
Humans
Middle Aged
Pulmonary Embolism / complications*
Pulmonary Embolism / diagnosis
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*
Ventricular Dysfunction, Right