In:
Asian Cardiovascular and Thoracic Annals, SAGE Publications, Vol. 6, No. 1 ( 1998-03), p. 41-44
Abstract:
Pheochromocytoma, an uncommon intra-abdominal tumor of the sympathetic nervous system, is associated with episodic hypertension. Cardiac complications infrequently occur as the principal presenting symptoms and may account for the morbidity and mortality. The role of catecholamines, mainly noradrenaline, in ventricular hypertrophy and cardiac dysfunction is well documented. This report documents two autopsy cases, one of adrenal pheochromocytoma and the other of extra-adrenal pheochromocytoma, with manifestations primarily of cardiac etiology. The changes described indicate catecholamine cardiomyopathy.
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0218-4923
,
1816-5370
DOI:
10.1177/021849239800600109
Language:
English
Publisher:
SAGE Publications
Publication Date:
1998
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2044527-1
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