title: A serial echocardiographic observation of acute heart injury associated with pheochromocytoma crisis.
abstract: There are no previous reports of serial echocardiographic findings in patients with pheochromocytoma. We report a 50-year-old woman with pheochromocytoma who developed acute heart injury. Echocardiography revealed that the acute myocardial injury started early in the base and subsequently extended to the mid-portion of the heart. The injury persisted longer in the base than in the mid-portion.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Kagoshima City Medical Association Hospital, Kagoshima, Japan.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yoshinaga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Torii
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tahara
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology; D004452:Echocardiography / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009205:Myocarditis / Q000097:blood / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology