A case of shock after STEMI: Think beyond the cardiogenic one

Andrea Falcetta; Eleonora Bonfanti; Roberta Rossini; Giuseppe Lauria

doi:10.1002/ccr3.6792

A case of shock after STEMI: Think beyond the cardiogenic one

Clin Case Rep. 2023 Jan 11;11(1):e6792. doi: 10.1002/ccr3.6792. eCollection 2023 Jan.

Authors

Andrea Falcetta¹, Eleonora Bonfanti^{2

3}, Roberta Rossini⁴, Giuseppe Lauria¹

Affiliations

¹ Emergency Medicine Department Santa Croce e Carle Hospital Cuneo Italy.
² Internal Medicine Department Città della Salute e della Scienza Torino Italy.
³ University of Turin Medical Science Division Torino Italy.
⁴ Cardiology and Intensive Coronary Care Unit Department Santa Croce e Carle Hospital Cuneo Italy.

Abstract

Acute ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) can typically complicate with the development of cardiogenic shock; nevertheless, other less frequent types of shock may occur, including adrenal crisis (AC). We describe a case of STEMI complicated by AC and, for the first time, AC-induced focal takotsubo syndrome.

Keywords: STEMI; acute adrenal insufficiency; adrenal crisis; cardiogenic shock; stress cardiomyopathy; takotsubo syndrome.

Publication types

Case Reports