Author(s)

Khawar Maqsood, Ghazi Mirrani, Nosheen Sarwar, Amatur R. Amarah, Muhammad Rizwan Sardar, Timothy A. Shapiro

Department of Medicine, Baystate Medical Center, Tufts University School of Medicine, Springfield, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, USA.
Department of Medicine, Division of Internal Medicine, Lankenau Medical Center, Wynnewood, USA.

Hypoglycemia is a common complication seen in patients with diabetes mellitus and has been proven to have adverse effects on cardiovascular mortality. Hypoglycemia can potentially lead to worsening of cardiac function in patients with ischemic heart disease. We present a case of cardiogenic shock in a patient with hypoglycemia secondary to insulin accumulation due to worsening renal function with dramatic recovery of shock once his sugars normalized.

Chronic Heart Failure; Hypoglycemia; Myocardial Stunning; Ischemic Cardiomyopathy; Cardiogenic Shock

Maqsood, K. , Mirrani, G. , Sarwar, N. , Amarah, A. , Sardar, M. and Shapiro, T. (2013) Hypoglycemic myocardial stunning as cause of cardiogenic shock in a patient with ischemic cardiomyopathy: A case report and review of literature. Case Reports in Clinical Medicine, 2, 89-92. doi: 10.4236/crcm.2013.21024.