Rapid reversal of global left ventricular dysfunction after accidental injection of 0.75 mg epinephrine in a 20-year-old patient.

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    • Abstract:
      We report an accidental injection of epinephrine before spinal anaesthesia in a 20-year-old patient who subsequentely developed immediate myocardial ischemia and global left ventricular dysfunction (ejection fraction of 20%). Hemodynamic status dramatically improved after nitroglycerin, calcium antagonists, acetyl salicylic acid and unfractionated heparin injections. Over 24 h, patient's ejection fraction fully recovered without kinetic abnormality. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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