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Mechanical bridge to recovery in pheochromocytoma myocarditis

Stephen Westaby, Ashwin Shahir, Gregory Sadler, Fidelma Flynn and Oliver Ormerod

Westaby and colleagues describe the case of a patient who presented with cardiogenic shock that swiftly deteriorated to severe heart failure. CT revealed a large adrenal tumor that was subsequently indentified as pheochromocytoma. After the tumor was removed, the patient underwent left ventricular assist device implantation as a bridge to left ventricular recovery.

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CARDIOMYOPATHIES: New test for arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy

J. Peter van Tintelen and Richard N. W. Hauer

Arrhythmogenic right ventricular dysplasia/cardiomyopathy (ARVD/C) is challenging to diagnose because of nonspecific findings, particularly in the early phases of the disease. Clinical diagnosis is made on the basis of several criteria, but these lack sensitivity. Asimaki et al. suggest that immunohistochemical analysis of myocardial desmosomal proteins is a highly sensitive and specific diagnostic test for ARVD/C.

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