Key result
Embolisation of the adrenal artery during ongoing extracorporeal life support successfully stabilised and weaned a patient with pheochromocytoma in cardiogenic shock as a bridge to surgery.
Case Report (n=1)
Adrenal artery embolisation may serve as an effective bridge to surgery for patients with pheochromocytoma-induced cardiogenic shock requiring ECLS.
May stabilize pheochromocytoma shock on ECLS as bridge to surgery; hypothesis-generating pending larger series.
Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-secreting tumour associated with varying symptoms ranging from episodic headache, sweating, paroxysmal hypertension and tachycardia to intractable cardiogenic shock. Cardiogenic shock is rare but well-described and the timing of correct management is crucial since mortality is high. Fifty per cent of pheochromocytomas are diagnosed on autopsy. We report on a case of embolisation of the adrenal artery during ongoing extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in order to stabilise and wean the patient from ECLS as a bridge to final surgery.
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Vagner et al. (2015) conducted a case report in Pheochromocytoma in cardiogenic shock (n=1). Embolisation of the adrenal artery was evaluated on Stabilisation and weaning from ECLS as a bridge to final surgery. Embolisation of the adrenal artery during ongoing extracorporeal life support successfully stabilised and weaned a patient with pheochromocytoma in cardiogenic shock as a bridge to surgery.
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