title: Pheochromocytoma crisis presenting with shock and tako-tsubo-like cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Pheochromocytoma usually presents with hypertension but it may also be an unusual aetiology of cardiogenic shock in order to catecholamine induced myocardial dysfunction. We report the devastating course of a patient with tako-tsubo like apical cardiomyopathy during pheocytoma crisis who presented with classical transient left ventricular apical ballooning 6 months before.
authors.forename: Elisabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lassnig
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Weber
authors.forename: Johann
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Auer
authors.forename: Roland
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Nömeyer
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Eber
mesh_terms: D000310:Adrenal Gland Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D000368:Aged; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D010673:Pheochromocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D054549:Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*