title: Intense Adrenal Enhancement: A CT Feature of Cardiogenic Shock.
abstract: In this report, images of intense adrenal enhancement in a 79-year-old female patient with right-sided heart failure and severe tricuspid insufficiency are presented. Only two cases of intense adrenal enhancement as a sign of cardiogenic shock were previously reported in the literature. Intense adrenal enhancement could be one of the earliest CT signs of cardiogenic shock. Its presence should be immediately reported to the referring physician as a sign of significant hemodynamic instability warranting early critical-care management.
authors.affiliation: Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Center Zagreb, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Kišpatićeva 12, 10000, Zagreb, Croatia. maja.hrabak.paar@mef.hr.
authors.forename: Maja
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hrabak-Paar
mesh_terms: D000311:Adrenal Glands / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D000368:Aged; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D012770:Shock, Cardiogenic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed / Q000379:methods*
keywords: Adrenal glands; CT angiography; Cardiogenic shock; Computed tomography; Intense adrenal enhancement