Takotsubo cardiomyopathy induced by pheochromocytoma: a case report

ABSTRACT: ABSTRACT Pheochromocytoma presents various clinical manifestations and imprecise signs and symptoms. Along with other diseases, it is considered to be ‘the great mimic’. This is the case of a 61-year-old man who on arrival presented with extreme chest pain accompanied by palpitations, and with a blood pressure of 91/65 mmHg. An echocardiogram showed an ST-segment elevation in the anterior leads. The cardiac troponin was 1.62 ng/ml, 50 times the upper limit of normal. Bedside, echocardiography revealed global hypokinesia of the left ventricle, with an ejection fraction of 37%. Because ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction-complicated cardiogenic shock was suspected, an emergency coronary angiography was performed. It showed no significant coronary artery stenosis, while left ventriculo

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PROVIDER: S-EPMC9969823 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature