Catecholamine cardiomyopathy: An unusual presentation of pheochromocytoma in children

Abstract

CARDIOMYOPATHY may be primary or secondary. Primary cardiomyopathy is unrelated to systemic disease or diseases in other organs, whereas secondary cardiomyopathy is associated with other disease complexes or etiologic agents? We report two patients with pheochromocytoma, a catecholamine-se creting tumor, who presented to The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, with cardiomyopathy.