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Gonçalo Morgado,
, Filipe Gonzalez,
, Ana Alves Oliveira,, Antero Fernandes
Gonçalo Morgado,
, Filipe Gonzalez,
, Ana Alves Oliveira,, Antero Fernandes
DOI: 10.36660/abc.9453
Clinical Case A 64-year-old woman with a history of Diabetes and Hypertension was admitted to the emergency department with acute dyspnea and chest pain. Physical examination revealed hypertension, sinus tachycardia (150 bpm), acute pulmonary edema and poor extremity perfusion. In the context of respiratory failure and hemodynamic instability, she required invasive mechanical ventilation. Blood works showed increased levels of hs-TroponinT (rising from 800 to 1600 ng/L) and the ECG showed poor R wave progression and incomplete right bundle branch block. […]
Keywords: Heart failure; Pheochromocytoma; Respiratory Insufficiency; Shock, Cardiogenic; Takotsubo Cardiomyopathy/complications