Pheochromocytoma: Cyclic attacks of hypertension alternating with hypotension

Nature Clinical Practice Cardiovascular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-57

  Kobal, Sergio L ^a   Paran, Esther ^a   Jamali, Aamer ^b   Mizrahi, Solly ^a   Siegel, Robert J ^b   Leor, Jonathan ^c,d  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

(3 IODOBENZYL)GUANIDINE I 131; ATENOLOL; DOXAZOSIN; GLIBENCLAMIDE; GLYCERYL TRINITRATE; INSULIN; METOPROLOL; NITROPRUSSIDE SODIUM; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; PHENTOLAMINE;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADRENAL SCINTISCANNING; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE THERAPY; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTINUOUS INFUSION; DIAPHORESIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG WITHDRAWAL; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART PALPITATION; HEMODYNAMICS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; MAINTENANCE THERAPY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; URINALYSIS;

3-IODOBENZYLGUANIDINE; ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENERGIC ALPHA-ANTAGONISTS; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUID THERAPY; HEART RATE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTENSION; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MIDDLE AGED; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RADIOPHARMACEUTICALS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 37749051530     PISSN: 17434297     EISSN: 17434300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncpcardio1054     Document Type: Article

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