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CASE REPORT
Phaeochromocytoma presenting with ST segment elevation myocardial infarction
  1. Mohamed A Ahmed1,
  2. Abdullah Sayied Abdullah2,
  3. Thomas John Kiernan3
  1. 1University Hospital Limerick, Dooradoyle, Ireland
  2. 2Department of Cardiology, University Hospital Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
  3. 3Department of Cardiology, Mallow General Hospital, Cork, Ireland
  1. Correspondence to Dr Mohamed A Ahmed, mod3llam{at}live.com

Summary

Phaeochromocytoma is a rare endocrine disorder with different cardiovascular presentations. In this brief report, we discuss a case of a 59-year-old woman who presented with acute ST segment elevation myocardial infarction secondary to phaeochromocytoma. Coronary angiogram showed non-obstructive coronary artery disease.

https://doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-214134

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