Continuous positive airway pressure therapy reduces the levels of catecholamines and blood pressure in pseudophaeochromocytoma with coexisting obstructive sleep apnoea

BACKGROUND: Stress from obstructive sleep apnoea (OSA) stimulates catecholamine release and consequently can exacerbate hypertension, even in the absence of a catecholamine-producing tumour (phaeochromocytoma). As such, a positive screening test for suspected phaeochromocytoma may be misleading. The...

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Published in:JRSM Cardiovasc Dis
Main Authors: Ken-Dror, Gie, Wood, Michael, Fluck, David, Sharma, Pankaj, Fry, Christopher H, Han, Thang S
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: SAGE Publications 2021
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8217809/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34211704
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2048004021992191
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