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Subclinical left ventricular systolic dysfunction detected by two-dimensional speckle tracking echocardiography in patients with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma and preserved ejection fraction.

Li DingWen Ling ZhuZheng Pei ZengHan Zhong LiJin JiLi Gang FangJing Ping Sun
Published in: Echocardiography (Mount Kisco, N.Y.) (2017)
This study revealed that excessive norepinephrine in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma was associated with increased blood pressure and LV mass. The LV longitudinal strain was decreasing with increase in blood pressure and LV mass index. The enhanced LV circumferential strain might be the mechanism of compensation to maintain the normal LVEF in these patients.
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