BACKGROUND: Pheochromocytomas (PHEO) are tumours with the ability to produce, metabolize and secrete catecholamines. Catecholamines overproduction leads to the decrease of longitudinal function of the left ventricle (LV) measured by speckle-tracking echocardiography. Patients with PHEO have a lower magnitude of global longitudinal strain (GLS) than patients with essential hypertension. GLS normalization is expected after resolution of catecholamine overproduction. METHODS: Twenty-four patients (14 females and 10 males) with a recent diagnosis of PHEO have been examined before and 1 year after adrenalectomy. An echocardiographic examination including speckle-tracking analysis with the evaluation of GLS and regional longitudinal strain (LS) in defined groups of LV segments (basal, mid-ventricular and apical) was performed. RESULTS: One year after adrenalectomy, the magnitude of GLS increased (-14.3 ± 1.8 to -17.7 ± 1.6%; P < 0.001). When evaluating the regional LS, the most significant increase in the differences was evident in the apical segment compared to mid-ventricular and basal segments of LV (-5.4 ± 5.0 vs -1.9 ± 2.7 vs -1.6 ± 3.8; P < 0.01). CONCLUSIONS: In patients with PHEO, adrenalectomy leads to an improvement of subclinical LV dysfunction represented by the increasing magnitude of GLS, which is the most noticeable in apical segments of LV.

1st Department of Surgery General University Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Praha Czech Republic

3rd Department of Medicine General University Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Praha Czech Republic

Department of Urology General University Hospital and 1st Faculty of Medicine Charles University Prague Praha Czech Republic

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