title: Cushing's syndrome: still a potential killing disease.
abstract: When Harvey Cushing described his syndrome in 1932 he named it the killing disease because of its cardiovascular complications. Heart failure is rarely reported as a presenting feature. We report a case in which left ventricular failure (LVF) was the predominant feature, associated with gross left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) which regressed after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, North Manchester General Hospital, UK.
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Younge
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Shmidt
authors.forename: P G
authors.initials: PG
authors.lastname: Wiles
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D000328:Adult; D003480:Cushing Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D017379:Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000209:etiology*