TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2022//
TI  - Car accident as a trigger for reverse takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy with paraganglioma: case report and literature review
JO  - Echocardiography
A1  - Dai, Liya
A1  - Zhou, Ning
A1  - Zhou, Kechun
A1  - Zhang, Fangbiao
A1  - Chen, Fanghon
SP  - ePub
EP  - ePub
VL  - ePub
IS  - ePub
N2  - Paraganglioma (PGL), which may cause acute Takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy (TLC), is a rare neuroendocrine neoplasm derived from various body sites. TLC has been associated with excessive catecholamine secretion and shares the same cardiac presentation with Takotsubo cardiomyopathy (TTC). We present the case of a 58-year-old male who arrived at the hospital after a car accident, reporting symptoms of chest tightness, shortness of breath, and abdominal pain after a car accident. The patient was found to have elevated troponin and severely depressed left ventricular function. Echocardiography depicted a normal contracting apex with the rest of the left ventricle being hypokinetic. Coronary computed tomography (CT) angiogram revealed mild coronary artery disease. Abdominal CT further revealed a mass on the left side of the epigastric aorta, confirmed by autopsy as a PGL.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0742-2822
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/echo.15463
ID  - ref1
ER  -