Cardiac pheochromocytomas.
Cardiac pheochromocytomas are rare. Thirty cases have been reported in the literature. We report the cases of 2 more patients in whom the diagnosis was established using coronary angiography and who underwent surgical resection using cardiopulmonary bypass. We also review the literature on the subject.
Jebara
V A
VA
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Hôpital Broussais, Paris, France.
Uva
M S
MS
Farge
A
A
Acar
C
C
Azizi
M
M
Plouin
P F
PF
Corvol
P
P
Chachques
J C
JC
Dervanian
P
P
Fabiani
J N
JN
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