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- Title
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA AS A RARE HIDDEN CAUSE OF INVERTED STRESS CARDIOMYOPATHY.
- Authors
SOO KYUNG CHO; KYE HUN KIM; JAE YEONG CHO; HYUN JU YOON; HYUNG WOOK PARK; YOUNG JOON HONG; JU HAN KIM; YOUNGKEUN AHN; MYUNG HO JEONG; JEONG GWAN CHO; JONG CHUN PARK
- Abstract
Stress cardiomyopathy (SCMP) is characterized by a transient left ventricular dysfunction associated with apical ballooning and compensatory hyperkinesias of the basal segments after emotional or physical stress, but inverted or mid-ventricular variants of SCMP have also been described. Although catecholamine excess has been suggested as a possible pathophysiologic mechanism of SCMP, the etiology of SCMP is still unknown. Here, we report a case of inverted type of SCMP with clinical presentation mimicking acute coronary syndromes. The cause or precipitating stressor was unclear initially, but pheochromocytoma has been demonstrated as a cause of SCMP during clinical follow-up at out-patient clinic in the present case. Catecholamine-producing tumors should be included in the evaluation or management of SCMP, even though initial clinical manifestations are not suggestive for pheochromocytoma.
- Subjects
PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ETIOLOGY of diseases; MANIFESTATION of conscience; PHYSIOLOGICAL stress
- Publication
Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2014, Vol 22, Issue 2, p80
- ISSN
1975-4612
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4250/jcu.2014.22.2.80