Coronary insufficiency in pheochromocytoma
Daubert, J.C.; Rouxel, P.; Langevin, P.; Lardy, B.; Pony, J.C.; Gouffault, J.
Archives des Maladies du Coeur et des Vaisseaux 69(1): 49-58
1976
ISSN/ISBN: 0003-9683 PMID: 823887 Document Number: 105951
The authors report the case of a 42 year old female with a phaeochromocytoma who, in the course of a hypertensive episode, had ECG changes typical of a myocardial infarction. These changes regressed within a few days. A normal coronary arteriogram confirmed the purely functional nature of this episode of acute myocardial ischaemia. In addition to the case report, the authors discuss the physio-pathological and electrocardiographic features of the coronary insufficiency of phaeochromocytoma, and also the problem of the rapide regression of the changes of infarction on the ECG.