Tako-tsubo cardiomyopathy precipitated by pheochromocytoma crisis

Cardiology Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 564-567

  Chia, Pow Li ^a   Foo, David ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Pheochromocytoma; ST segment elevation; Tako tsubo cardiomyopathy

Indexed keywords

ALPHA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CATECHOLAMINE; NORADRENALIN; PHENOXYBENZAMINE; PROPRANOLOL; VANILMANDELIC ACID;

ACUTE HEART INFARCTION; AGED; AKINESIA; ANGIOCARDIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CATECHOLAMINE BLOOD LEVEL; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART VENTRICULOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NORADRENALIN BLOOD LEVEL; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; ST SEGMENT ELEVATION; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; THORAX PAIN;

ADRENAL GLAND NEOPLASMS; ADRENALECTOMY; ADRENERGIC ANTAGONISTS; AGED; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CORONARY ANGIOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; TAKOTSUBO CARDIOMYOPATHY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80052993138     PISSN: 18975593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5603/CJ.2011.0015     Document Type: Article

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