| Literature DB >> 18579235 |
Elisabeth Lassnig, Thomas Weber, Johann Auer, Roland Nömeyer, Bernd Eber.
Abstract
Pheochromocytoma usually presents with hypertension but it may also be an unusual aetiology of cardiogenic shock in order to catecholamine induced myocardial dysfunction. We report the devastating course of a patient with tako-tsubo like apical cardiomyopathy during pheocytoma crisis who presented with classical transient left ventricular apical ballooning 6 months before.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID: 18579235 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2008.03.012
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Int J Cardiol ISSN: 0167-5273 Impact factor: 4.164