TY - JOUR
T1 - Malignant hypertension during cryoablation of an adrenal gland tumor
AU - Atwell, Thomas D.
AU - Wass, Charles T.
AU - Charboneau, J. William
AU - Callstrom, Matthew R.
AU - Farrell, Michael A.
AU - Sengupta, Shomik
PY - 2006/3
Y1 - 2006/3
N2 - The authors report a case of hypertensive crisis during cryoablation of an adrenal metastasis. This case is of particular interest not only because of the nature of the complication but also because of the timing of the hypertensive crisis. Based on their observations, the authors suggest that it may be prudent to pretreat this patient population with α-adrenergic blocking medications (eg, phenoxybenzamine), as is typically done for patients with neuroendocrine tumors such as pheochromocytoma. Preemptive intervention with these medications requires close collaboration between radiology and anesthesia care teams.
AB - The authors report a case of hypertensive crisis during cryoablation of an adrenal metastasis. This case is of particular interest not only because of the nature of the complication but also because of the timing of the hypertensive crisis. Based on their observations, the authors suggest that it may be prudent to pretreat this patient population with α-adrenergic blocking medications (eg, phenoxybenzamine), as is typically done for patients with neuroendocrine tumors such as pheochromocytoma. Preemptive intervention with these medications requires close collaboration between radiology and anesthesia care teams.
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U2 - 10.1097/01.RVI.0000197370.83569.33
DO - 10.1097/01.RVI.0000197370.83569.33
M3 - Article
C2 - 16567684
AN - SCOPUS:33747461887
SN - 1051-0443
VL - 17
SP - 573
EP - 575
JO - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
JF - Journal of Vascular and Interventional Radiology
IS - 3
ER -