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 data | Pheochromocytoma | (n = 39) |
| Age, mean (SD), y | 44.79 ± 21.47 |
| Sex, No. (%) | | Female | 20 (51) | Male | 19 (49) |
| Months of symptoms, median (range), m | 6 (0-144) |
| Age at first treatment, mean (SD), y | 43.03 ± 21.55 |
| Tumor size, mean (SD), cm | 5.04 ± 2.52 |
| Tumor type or location, No. (%) | | Adrenal | 36 (92.3) | Right side | 18 (50.0) | Left side | 18 (50.0) | Extra-adrenal | 3 (7.7) | Infiltration of the capsule | 5 (12.8) | Metastasis | 3 (7.7) | Recurrence of adrenal and extra-adrenal | 3 (7.7) |
| Comorbidities, No. (%) | | None | 10 (25.6) | Hypertension | 29 (74.4) | Dyslipidemia | 6 (15.4) | Diabetes | 5 (12.8) | Cardiogenic shock | 2 (5.1) | Paroxysmal supraventricular tachycardia | 2 (5.1) | Hypothyroidism | 6 (15.4) | Other malignant tumors | 4 (10.3) | Other benign tumors | 4 (10.3) |
| Family history of cancer, No. (%) | | Neurofibromatosis type 1 | 2 (5.1) | Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 2 | 4 (10.3) | Phaeochromocytoma | 1 (2.6) | Von Hippel-Lindau syndrome | 1 (2.6) | Other types of neoplasia | 2 (5.1) |
| History of structural heart disease, No. (%) | | Absence | 24(61.5) | Hypertensive heart disease | 10(25.6) | Ischemic heart disease | 4(10.3) | Valvular heart disease | 1(2.6) |
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