Pheochromocytoma-Related Myocardial Damage Following Delivery

Osamu Satani; Michiaki Katsuragi; Takuzo Hano; Yoshiaki Tomobuchi; Mikio Arita; Ichiro Nishio

doi:10.1291/hypres.19.291

Osamu Satani, Michiaki Katsuragi, Takuzo Hano, Yoshiaki Tomobuchi, Mikio Arita, Ichiro Nishio

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Keywords: pheochromocytoma, pregnancy, myocardial damage

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1996 Volume 19 Issue 4 Pages 291-293

DOI https://doi.org/10.1291/hypres.19.291

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Abstract

We present the case of a 35-year-old woman whose pregnancy was complicated by the rare condition of transient pheochromocytoma-related myocardial damage. Short-duration left ventricular dysfunction was apparently caused by acute non-transmural myocardial infarction provoked by coronary artery vasospasm rather than catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy. Forty-eight days after onset, a 50×55× 35mm tumor was excised and histologically confirmed to be a pheochromocytoma. (Hypertens Res 1996; 19: 291-293)

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