Open Access Case Report

Stress Cardiomyopathy Due to Status Epilepticus After Fontan Procedure

Preeti Ramachandran1, Stephanie Y Tseng2,3, Kenneth E Mah2,3 and Jonathan W Byrnes2,3,4*

1Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Kentucky Children’s Hospital, University of Kentucky, Kentucky

2Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, USA

3The Heart Institute, Division of Cardiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, USA

2Department of Pediatrics, University of Alabama Birmingham, Birmingham, USA

Corresponding Author

Received Date: August 01, 2019;  Published Date: August 06, 2019

Abstract

This case describes an adolescent with Fontan physiology who had two episodes resulting in severe ventricular dysfunction--with normal ventricular function before and between the two episodes.

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