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Pheochromocytoma can cause stress cardiomyopathy, a condition that mimics acute myocardial infarction and leads to acute heart failure through left ventricular ballooning.
Highlights a case of stress cardiomyopathy occurring secondary to pheochromocytoma.
Stress cardiomyopathy warrants pheochromocytoma evaluation; leaves open prevalence and screening utility in larger cohorts.
Catalina Jaramillo, Danai Kitkungvan, Laura Ocacio and Daniel Ocazionez Stress cardiomyopathy (SCM) mimics acute myocardial infarction, it’s part of the Myocardial Infarction with Non-Obstructive Coronary Artery (MINOCA) differential and occurs after emotional or physical stress. Left ventricle ballooning results in acute heart failure.
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A 2023 study studied this question. Pheochromocytoma can cause stress cardiomyopathy, a condition that mimics acute myocardial infarction and leads to acute heart failure through left ventricular ballooning.
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