| Literature DB >> 19687733 |
Melpomeni Peppa1, Ignatios Ikonomidis, Dimitrios Hadjidakis, Vasilios Pikounis, Ioannis Paraskevaidis, Theofanis Economopoulos, Sotirios A Raptis, Dimitrios T Kremastinos.
Abstract
Cushing's syndrome, resulting from exposure to excessive amounts of circulating glucocorticoids, is accompanied with a high mortality risk mostly due to the cardiovascular complications. Cardiac involvement is mainly associated with left ventricular hypertrophy. We report the case of a patient who presented with dilated cardiomyopathy as the predominant feature of Cushing's syndrome, which was fully reversed after proper surgical treatment.Entities:
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Year: 2009 PMID: 19687733 DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181a927e0
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Am J Med Sci ISSN: 0002-9629 Impact factor: 2.378