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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Banfi, Carlo, MD, PhD
• Juthier, Francis, MD, PhD
• Ennezat, Pierre-Vladimir, MD, PhD
• de Saint Denis, Timothee, MD
• Carnaille, Bruno, MD, PhD
• Leteurtre, Emmanuelle, MD, PhD
• Prat, Alain, MD
• Vincentelli, André, MD, PhD

Titel

Central Extracorporeal Life Support in Pheochromocytoma Crisis

Ist Teil von

• The Annals of thoracic surgery, 2012-04, Vol.93 (4), p.1303-1305

Ort / Verlag

New York, NY: Elsevier Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2012

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Quelle

MEDLINE

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Pheochromocytoma is a catecholamine-secreting tumor associated with clinical presentations ranging from paroxysmal hypertension to intractable cardiogenic shock. We report the use of central extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in a young woman admitted to the intensive care unit with cardiogenic shock. Her medical history included neurofibromatosis type I and pheochromocytoma. ECLS was needed because of severe left ventricular failure and inotropic therapy unresponsiveness. ECLS permitted full recovery of left ventricular function. Right adrenelectomy was performed 4 months later. In this case, central ECLS was used to treat pheochromocytoma-induced cardiogenic shock complicated by pulmonary edema.