Hypertensive emergency due to pheochromocytoma crisis complicated with refractory hemodynamic collapse
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Hypertensive crisis secondary to pheochromocytoma.
Pheochromocytoma is an uncommon tumor of the adrenal glands that can present with headaches, sweating, palpitations, and paroxysmal hypertension. Pheochromocytoma crisis can lead to cardiomyopathy, pulmonary edema, and even total circulatory collapse. We describe a patient with hypoxic respiratory failure requiring extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to stabilize until the pheochromocytoma was ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turk Kardiyoloji Dernegi Arsivi-Archives of the Turkish Society of Cardiology
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1016-5169
DOI: 10.5543/tkda.2015.77925