title: [Acute coronary syndrome as clinical presentation of cardiac paraganglioma].
abstract: We present the case of a 60-year-old woman with a non secretor cardiac paraganglioma diagnosed in the setting of an acute coronary syndrome. The tumor was supplied by a huge branch of the circumflex artery and we admit flow steal as the cause of myocardial ischemia. Complete resection was feasible under cardiopulmonary bypass and the patient was discharged on the 9th postoperative day.
authors.affiliation: Centro de Cirurgia Cardiotorácica do Hospital de S. João e Departamento de Cardiologia do Hospital de Matosinhos, Porto. Portugal.
authors.forename: Benjamim
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Marinho
authors.forename: Gracieta
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Malangatana
authors.forename: Jorge
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Paulo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Pinho
mesh_terms: D054058:Acute Coronary Syndrome / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010236:Paraganglioma, Extra-Adrenal / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis*