A case of transient left ventricular ballooning with pheochromocytoma, supporting pathogenetic role of catecholamines in stress-induced cardiomyopathy or takotsubo cardiomyopathy.
We experienced a case with severe acute heart failure showing "takotsubo"-like left ventricular asynergy. Subsequently, he was found to have pheochromocytoma, and underwent emergent adrenalectomy, which almost completely reversed his cardiac function and symptoms. His clinical course, supports the pathogenetic role of catecholamines in "takotsubo cardiomyopathy".
Takizawa
Masataka
M
Kobayakawa
Naoshi
N
Uozumi
Hiroki
H
Yonemura
Shigeto
S
Kodama
Takahide
T
Fukusima
Kazuyuki
K
Takeuchi
Hiroaki
H
Kaneko
Yukihiro
Y
Kaneko
Tomoyuki
T
Fujita
Kiichirou
K
Honma
Yukio
Y
Aoyagi
Teruhiko
T
D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*; D000328:Adult; D002395:Catecholamines / Q000502:physiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology*; D006352:Heart Ventricles / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications*; D013997:Time Factors
D002395:Catecholamines