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10918553

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
We report the details of a 40-year-old farmer, a cigarette smoker, who was admitted with general malaise, nausea, vomiting, upper abdominal pain, with ST-elevation on ECG suggestive of an acute anterolateral myocardial infarction. He was treated with nitrates, heparin, beta-blockade and angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors. Because of the presence of some blood while vomiting no thrombolysis was given and abdominal echography was performed. This revealed a nodular mass at the right adrenal gland. Urinary catecholamines and abdominal magnetic resonance imaging confirmed the suspected diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. Before adrenectomy, a coronary angiography under alpha blocker therapy was performed, which demonstrated no significant coronary artery disease, although the patient showed ST-elevations on ECG. Pathological examination of the adrenal tumor was compatible with a diagnosis of pheochromocytoma. Postoperatively urinary catecholamines dropped dramatically, and the ECG normalised slowly over time. After 8 months the patient is still well. Blood pressure is well controlled with no antihypertensive drugs and exercise testing shows no evidence of myocardial ischaemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0950-9240
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
469-71
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Cardiac involvement in pheochromocytoma.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cardiology and Angiology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports