RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Case study in heart-brain interplay: A 53-year-old woman recovering from mitral valve repair
JF Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine
JO Cleve Clin J Med
FD Cleveland Clinic
SP S10
OP S14
VO 75
IS 3 suppl 2
A1 Callahan, Thomas D.
A1 Khokhar, Ubaid
A1 Pozuelo, Leo
A1 Young, James B.
YR 2008
UL http://www.ccjm.org/content/75/3_suppl_2/S10.abstract
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.