Clinical Features and Outcome of Pheochromocytoma-induced Takotsubo Syndrome: Analysis of 80 Published Cases

Abstract Myriads of physical stress factors including pheochromocytoma have been reported triggering takotsubo syndrome (TS). The aim of this study is to report on the clinical features and outcome of pheochromocytoma-induced TS (Pheo-TS) in a large cohort of patients. Eighty published cases of Pheo...

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Veröffentlicht in:The American journal of cardiology 2016-06, Vol.117 (11), p.1836-1844
1. Verfasser: Y-Hassan, Shams, MD
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Abstract Myriads of physical stress factors including pheochromocytoma have been reported triggering takotsubo syndrome (TS). The aim of this study is to report on the clinical features and outcome of pheochromocytoma-induced TS (Pheo-TS) in a large cohort of patients. Eighty published cases of Pheo-TS were retrieved from the literature and compared to 1750 cases of All-TS published recently by Templin et al. Pheo-TS patients were on average 19.87 years younger than patients with All-TS (p
ISSN:0002-9149
1879-1913
DOI:10.1016/j.amjcard.2016.03.019