[Functional coronary insufficiency in pheochromocytoma. Contribution of isotopic tests. A case report]

Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1990 Sep;83(10):1607-11.
[Article in French]

Abstract

A 67 year old woman with a right adrenal pheochromocytoma was admitted to hospital with decompensated diabetes. She developed clinical signs of myocardial infarction. Complementary investigations showed this to be an adrenergic cardiomyopathy. The radionuclide and angiographic investigations confirmed the ischemic origin of the lesions and the functional nature of the coronary insufficiency in this case of pheochromocytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / complications*
  • Aged
  • Cardiomyopathies / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathies / etiology*
  • Coronary Disease / diagnosis
  • Coronary Disease / etiology*
  • Electrocardiography
  • Female
  • Heart / diagnostic imaging
  • Humans
  • Hypertension / etiology
  • Hypertension / physiopathology
  • Pheochromocytoma / complications*
  • Radionuclide Angiography
  • Thallium Radioisotopes

Substances

  • Thallium Radioisotopes