Open AccessIs the Excess Cardiovascular Morbidity in Pheochromocytoma Related to Blood Pressure or to Catecholamines?
Author(s) -
Ronald P. Stolk,
Carel Bakx,
Jan De Mulder,
Henri Timmers,
Jacques W.M. Lenders
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
the journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.206
H-Index - 353
eISSN - 1945-7197
pISSN - 0021-972X
DOI - 10.1210/jc.2012-3669
Subject(s) - pheochromocytoma , medicine , blood pressure , confidence interval , cardiology , essential hypertension , heart rate , risk factor , disease
It is generally accepted that pheochromocytoma is associated with an increased cardiovascular risk. This is however not based on studies with an appropriate control group of patients with essential hypertension.
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