Abstract

GONZALEZ GONZALEZ, José Luis; MENENDEZ NUNEZ, Joaquín; ESCARPANTER, Julio César  and  LAZO, Alba Abela. Dilated myocardiopathy and pheochromocytoma. Rev Cubana Cir [online]. 2013, vol.52, n.1, pp.48-54. ISSN 0034-7493.

Pheochromocytoma, a low incidence tumor of benign behavior in most of cases, can cause extensive cardiovascular manifestations. These manifestations on the myocardium can have deep consequences since they may lead to dilated myocardiopathy with severe heart failure. The excision of tumor may be the curative solution for 90 % of cases but the perioperative management is very complex. This is the case of a young patient who carries pheochromocytoma and after a long-acting catecholemine-based treatment, he developed dilated myocardiopathy, and the medical criterion was that he required heart transplantation. The adrenal surgery was successfully healing in our patient.

Keywords : heart failure; pheochromocytoma; dilated myocrdiopathy.