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Pheochromocytoma can rarely present as cardiogenic shock with severe hypotension and transient basal left ventricular ballooning ('inverted' Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy).
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Highlights that pheochromocytoma can rarely present with cardiogenic shock and 'inverted' Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy.
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May prompt pheochromocytoma evaluation in hypotensive inverted Takotsubo; hypothesis-generating for catecholamine cardiomyopathy variants.
Pheochromocytoma is a rare tumor that produces a distant effect by secretion of catecholamines. This tumor usually presents with hypertension and palpitations but it may also cause cardiogenic shock because of catecholamine-induced myocardial dysfunction. We describe a rare case of Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy as first manifestation of pheochromocytoma with an unusual onset characterized by severe hypotension and transient basal left ventricular ballooning ('inverted' Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy).
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Palma et al. (2010) conducted a case report in Pheochromocytoma presenting as cardiogenic shock with Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy (n=1). Pheochromocytoma was evaluated on Clinical presentation. Pheochromocytoma can rarely present as cardiogenic shock with severe hypotension and transient basal left ventricular ballooning ('inverted' Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy).
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