Multiple Bee Sting-Induced Life-Threatening Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy

Circ J. 2019 Jan 25;83(2):489. doi: 10.1253/circj.CJ-18-0047. Epub 2018 Aug 30.

Authors

Jun Aono¹, Makoto Saito², Shinji Inaba², Akira Kurata³, Teruyoshi Uetani¹, Suguru Annen⁴, Haruhiko Higashi¹, Jitsuo Higaki¹, Shuntaro Ikeda¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, Pulmonology, Hypertension and Nephrology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine.
² Department of Cardiology, Kitaishikai Hospital.
³ Department of Radiology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine.
⁴ Department of Emergency and Critical Care Medicine, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine.

PMID: 30158343
DOI: 10.1253/circj.CJ-18-0047

No abstract available

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Aged, 80 and over
Animals
Bees
Fatal Outcome
Female
Humans
Insect Bites and Stings / complications*
Insect Bites and Stings / diagnostic imaging
Multimodal Imaging / methods
Multiple Organ Failure
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / diagnostic imaging
Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / etiology*