BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES Tako-Tsubo syndrome is a rare postoperative complication with a 5% mortality rate. The objective of this report was to present residual neuromuscular blockade as a trigger for this syndrome, discuss this disorder, and call attention to the risks of residual neuromuscular blockade. CASE REPORT A 61-year old female, physical status ASA I, who underwent general anesthes...

. Hurst RT, Prasad A, Askew JW 3rd, Sengupta PP, Tajik AJ. Takotsubo cardiomyopathy: a unique cardiomyopathy with variable ventricular morphology. J Am Coll Cardiol Img 2010;3:641–9. . Donohue D, Ahsan C, Sanaei-Ardekani M, Movahed MR. Early diagnosis of stress-induced apical ballooning syndrome based on classic echocardiographic findings and correlation with cardiac catheterization. J Am Soc E...

INTRODUCTION Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy is a rapidly reversible form of acute heart failure triggered by stressful events that occur more frequently in postmenopausal women. A central role is supposed to be played by catecholamines and the association with pheocromocytoma is rare. CASE PRESENTATION We describe a patient admitted for abdominal pain and suffering of hypertension pharmacologicall...

Povzetek. Prispevek obravnava pristope k analizi možganskih valov za dekodiranje možganskih informacij in nadaljnjo možnost njihove uporabe v vmesnikih možgani-računalnik. Področju vmesnikov med možgani in računalnikom se v zadnjem času namenja veliko pozornosti, saj so zanimivejše področje v nevrofizioloških raziskavah. Osnovna ideja takšnih vmesnikov je izvajanje določenih akcij zgolj z upora...