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ArticleBMJ case reports2020

Guillain-Barré syndrome complicated by takotsubo cardiomyopathy: an under-recognised association.

Timothy Jones, Neelan Umaskanth, James De Boisanger, Henry Penn

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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6citing papers in PubMed
0.7field-weighted citation impact, top 27% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

6 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Timothy JonesNorthwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, London, UK timothy.jones@imperial.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8310-2149
Neelan UmaskanthNorthwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, London, UK.
James De BoisangerNorthwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, London, UK.
Henry PennNorthwick Park Hospital, London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust, Harrow, London, UK.
London North West Healthcare NHS Trust · GB

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 41-year-old woman was admitted with progressive paraesthesia and weakness and was diagnosed with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Following an initial period of recovery with intravenous immunoglobulin treatment, she developed acute chest pain associated with electrocardiographic changes. Investigations excluded acute coronary syndrome and instead confirmed a diagnosis of takotsubo cardiomyopathy, which was treated medically. The patient made an excellent neurological and cardiac recovery. Here we discuss the rarely described association between these two conditions and suggest that patients admitted with Guillain-Barré syndrome may benefit from routine screening with echocardiography.

Indexed as

AdultCardiac Imaging TechniquesFemaleGuillain-Barre SyndromeHumansTakotsubo Cardiomyopathycardiovascular medicineclinical neurophysiologyheart failureneuromuscular diseaseperipheral nerve disease

Identifiers

PMID32060115
PMCPMC7046382
OpenAlexW3006270532

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