Exertional Angina in a Young Woman Caused by Large Cardiac Paraganglioma

Coronary ischemia is uncommon in patients in their third decade of life. We present a 21-year-old woman with classic exertional angina secondary to a large cardiac paraganglioma. Cardiac paragangliomas are rare extra-adrenal neuroendocrine tumors that arise from chromaffin cells. Cardiac symptoms ca...

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Main Authors: David Lin, MD, Joao Cavalcante, MD, Victor Cheng, MD, John Lesser, MD
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-02-01
Series:JACC: Case Reports
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084923005661