T Zelinka, O Petrák, H Turková, R Holaj, B Strauch, M Kršek, A B Vránková, Z Musil, J Dušková, J Kubinyi, D Michalský, K Novák, J Widimský
Excess of catecholamines in pheochromocytoma is usually accompanied with classical symptoms and signs. In some cases, severe cardiovascular complications (e. g., heart failure, myocardial infarction) may occur. We performed a retrospective analysis focused on the incidence of cardiovascular complications (classified as follows: arrhythmias, myocardial involvement or ischemia and atherosclerosis, cerebrovascular impairment) before the establishment of diagnosis of pheochromocytoma among 145 subjects treated in our hospital...
May 2012: Hormone and Metabolic Research