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Hiroyasu Ueda1, Yoshiya Hosokawa1, Ui Tsujii1
1Department of Cardiology, Sumitomo Hospital, 5-3-20, Nakanoshima, Kita-ku, Osaka 530-0005, Japan.
Abstract:
We describe the autopsy case of an 86-year-old man who experienced left ventricular (LV) apical ballooning with pheochromocytoma. During the follow-up period, his electrocardiogram (ECG) showed persistent ST-segment elevation in leads V3 to V6, and an echocardiogram revealed persistent LV dysfunction in the apical region. He died 64 days after admission. Pathological findings suggested catecholamine-induced cardiomyopathy and pheochromocytoma. This is the report of a rare autopsy case of LV apical ballooning.
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