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Left atrial phaeochromocytoma
1Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Derriford Hospital, Plymouth PL6 8DH, UK. narain.moorjani@doctors.org.uk
Heart (British Cardiac Society)
|October 16, 2004
Abstract:
Phaeochromocytomas of the heart are very rare. This report describes the case of a 69 year old woman presenting with persistent hypertension and a left atrial phaeochromocytoma diagnosed by 131I-metaiodobenzylguanidine scintigraphy scanning. She was successfully treated by surgical excision with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass and perioperative alpha and beta adrenergic blockade.