PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Callahan, Thomas D.
AU  - Khokhar, Ubaid
AU  - Pozuelo, Leo
AU  - Young, James B.
TI  - Case study in heart-brain interplay: A 53-year-old woman recovering from mitral valve repair
DP  - 2008 Mar 01
TA  - Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
PG  - S10--S14
VI  - 75
IP  - 3 suppl 2
4099  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/3_suppl_2/S10.short
4100  - http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/3_suppl_2/S10.full
SO  - Cleve Clin J Med2008 Mar 01; 75
AB  - This article presents the case of a 53-year-old female attorney who underwent successful mitral valve repair for mitral valve prolapse. The patient’s postoperative course was marked by refractory pain, fatigue, shortness of breath, refusal to ambulate, frequent episodes of tearfulness, and a postsurgical decline in ejection fraction through postoperative week 4. Her slow recovery prompted a psychiatric consult, during which she reported panic and a fear of “losing it.” After respective presentations of the case from the cardiology and psychiatry perspectives, the article concludes with a moderated discussion of the case to explore insights it provides into heart-brain interactions.