| Literature DB >> 17052786 |
Masataka Takizawa, Naoshi Kobayakawa, Hiroki Uozumi, Shigeto Yonemura, Takahide Kodama, Kazuyuki Fukusima, Hiroaki Takeuchi, Yukihiro Kaneko, Tomoyuki Kaneko, Kiichirou Fujita, Yukio Honma, Teruhiko Aoyagi.
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We experienced a case with severe acute heart failure showing "takotsubo"-like left ventricular asynergy. Subsequently, he was found to have pheochromocytoma, and underwent emergent adrenalectomy, which almost completely reversed his cardiac function and symptoms. His clinical course, supports the pathogenetic role of catecholamines in "takotsubo cardiomyopathy".Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID: 17052786 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.07.125
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Cardiol ISSN: 0167-5273 Impact factor: 4.164