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case of dyspnea in an adolescent girl

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Our last admission day after the OP was going back to ICU to see new cases admitted. I was called by PG to rush to casualty to see a bad case. An adolescent girl, She was in distress. Periphery cold,peripheral pulses not palpable. 13 year old girl was under evaluation by our cardiology colleagues, after ECHO she was sent to radiology was some scanning and she was returning back to cardiology department. On the way back she suddenly became sick and she was bought to our casualty which is on the way to cardiology. She was holding an ECHO report, which the PG read out , dilated cardiomyopathy. She did nt have report of the procedure she underwent in radiology, But the mother said they took a scan after injecting a drug. First possibility considered was anaphylaxis to contrast agent. Oxygen started, IV line secured. But Major question to be answered here. Drug of choice is adrenalin . But the ECHO report with us says DCM, What to do Will it save. OR ... Other possibilities