%0 Journal Article
%T Isolated Hyperacute T-Waves in West Nile Encephalitis Indicating Atypical Variant of Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy
%A Soomal Rafique
%A Nadeem Khan
%A Momin Siddique
%J Journal of Biosciences and Medicines
%P 303-310
%@ 2327-509X
%D 2024
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/jbm.2024.122024
%X Several cardiac outcomes have been reported with West Nile-encephalitis; however, the underlying pathophysiology remains complex. We present a 42-year-old female, with multiple sclerosis, whose neurological symptoms and respiratory decline were finally explained by the diagnosis of West Nile-encephalitis. During her admission, the isolated peaked T-waves indicated the underlying stress-induced cardiomyopathy. The absence of all other causes of hyperacute T-waves, their subsequent resolution with the resolution of infection and improvement in wall motion abnormalities, further supported the association. This case highlights the importance of considering hyperacute T-waves in an approach towards the diagnosis of WNV-encephalitis related atypical variant of stress-induced cardiomyopathy.
%K West Nile Virus encephalitis
%K WNV
%K Hyperacute T-Waves
%K Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy
%K Atypical/Inverted Variant of Stress-Induced Cardiomyopathy
%K CMP
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=131316