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Praloy Chakraborty1, Hemanga Kumar Bhattacharjeee, S Anandaraja
1Department of Cardiology, All India Institute of Medical Science, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi. praloyc@hotmail.com
Abstract:
Pheochromocytoma are known to have various common and uncommon cardiac complications including arrhythmias, heart failure, myocardial infarction and cardiomyopathy. We report the case of a middle aged lady presenting with recurrent pre-syncope due Polymorphic ventricular tachycardia. Further evaluation revealed that she had a labile hypertension with abdominal mass, which turned out to be pheochromocytoma on further investigation. After surgical removal of the tumor her symptoms subsided with normalization of the QT interval.
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