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Table 3 Characteristics of patients with SMIs

From: Acute cardiac complications and subclinical myocardial injuries associated with pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma

Case

Sex/age (years)

Location of tumors

Blood catecholamine (× ULN)

Troponin(pg/ml)

NT-proBNP(pg/ml)

ECG

Coronary artery evaluation

Echocardiography

Impairment patterns on strain analysis*

E/MN

NE/NMN

1

50 s/male

Retroperitoneal PGL

Normal

15.3

Normal

Normal

Normal

CTA: p-RCA mild stenosis

Enlarged LA and LV, LVH

Anterior and lateral segments

2

30 s/female

Right adrenal PHEO

Normal

33.1

ST depression and T wave inversion in inferior leads and V4–6

Without risk factors

LVH

Apical sparing

3

30 s/male

Retroperitoneal PGL

21.4

216.4

T wave inversion in inferior leads and V4–6

Without risk factors

LVH

4

50 s/male

Retroperitoneal PGL

Normal

12.2

337.4

137.2

Normal

CTA: (–)

Normal

Normal

5

40 s/female

Left adrenal PHEO

Normal

350

Normal

CTA: p-LAD 20% stenosis

Enlarged LA

6

50 s/female

Left adrenal PHEO

9.1

2.7

Normal

366.6

T wave flat in inferior leads and V4–6

Without risk factors

Normal

Apical sparing

7

30 s/male

Left adrenal PHEO

Normal

 > 12.1

Normal

164.2

LVH

Without risk factors

Enlarged LA, LVH

anterior and lateral segments

8

60 s/male

Retroperitoneal PGL

21

2140

Normal

CAG: p-LAD 40% stenosis

9

70 s/male

Left adrenal PHEO

4.9

4.8

Normal

CTA: (–)

Normal

Basal inferior segment

10

50 s/female

Right adrenal PHEO

Normal

153

Without risk factors

Normal

Anterior and lateral segments

11

50 s/female

Right adrenal PHEO

38.9

12.1

Normal

778.4

ST depression in V4–6 and biphasic T wave in inferior leads and V3–6

Without risk factors

LVH

12

60 s/female

Left adrenal PHEO

Normal

5.2

Incomplete RBBB

Enlarged LA, LVH

Anterior and lateral segments

13

30 s/male

Left adrenal PHEO

Normal

8.4

Normal

303.8

normal

Without risk factors

14

30 s/female

Left adrenal PHEO

7.6

9.9

Normal

1008

Shortened PR interval

Without risk factors

Normal

Anterior and lateral segments

15

60 s/male

Right adrenal PHEO

2.8

7.4

CTA: p-LCX mild stenosis

Segmental dysfunction, enlarged LA

Anterior and lateral segments

16

50 s/female

Right adrenal PHEO

4.0

1.9

Normal

322.6

Normal

Without risk factors

17

50 s/female

Right adrenal PHEO

Normal

Normal

Normal

Without risk factors

Pulmonary hypertension

Anterior segment

18

30 s/female

Right adrenal PHEO

4.0

4.0

Normal

408.5

Normal

Without risk factors

19

20 s/male

Right adrenal PHEO

Normal

8.5

Normal

337.7

Normal

Without risk factors

20

50 s/female

Right adrenal PHEO

Normal

Normal

48.39

215.8

Normal

21

40 s/female

Left adrenal PHEO

Normal

770

Normal

Without risk factors

  1. LA left atrium, LV left ventricle, LVH left ventricular hypertrophy, p-LAD proximal left anterior descending coronary artery, p-LCX proximal left circumflex coronary artery, RBBB right bundle branch block, SMIs subclinical myocardial injuries. Other abbreviations as shown in Tables 1 and 2
  2. *Not all patients with echocardiography examinations were suitable for two-dimension strain analysis