Research Article

Electrical Remodeling of Ventricular Repolarization Abnormality after Treatment in Pheochromocytoma: U Wave Finding in a Retrospective Analysis

Table 1

Clinical data of patients with phaeochromocytoma.

Clinical dataPheochromocytoma
(n = 39)

Age, mean (SD), y44.79 ± 21.47

Sex, No. (%)
 Female20 (51)
 Male19 (49)

Months of symptoms, median (range), m6 (0-144)

Age at first treatment, mean (SD), y43.03 ± 21.55

Tumor size, mean (SD), cm5.04 ± 2.52

Tumor type or location, No. (%)
 Adrenal36 (92.3)
  Right side18 (50.0)
  Left side18 (50.0)
 Extra-adrenal3 (7.7)
 Infiltration of the capsule5 (12.8)
 Metastasis3 (7.7)
 Recurrence of adrenal and extra-adrenal3 (7.7)

Comorbidities, No. (%)
 None10 (25.6)
 Hypertension29 (74.4)
 Dyslipidemia6 (15.4)
 Diabetes5 (12.8)
 Cardiogenic shock2 (5.1)
 Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia2 (5.1)
 Hypothyroidism6 (15.4)
 Other malignant tumors4 (10.3)
 Other benign tumors4 (10.3)

Family history of cancer, No. (%)
 Neurofibromatosis type 12 (5.1)
 Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 24 (10.3)
 Phaeochromocytoma1 (2.6)
 Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome1 (2.6)
 Other types of neoplasia2 (5.1)

History of structural heart disease, No. (%)
 Absence24(61.5)
 Hypertensive heart disease10(25.6)
 Ischemic heart disease4(10.3)
 Valvular heart disease1(2.6)