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Reduced coronary artery luminal area in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma patients

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Abbreviations

PPGL:

Pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma

NE:

Norepinephrine

EPI:

Epinephrine

VWT:

Vessel wall thickness

HV:

Healthy volunteers

NIH:

National Institutes of Health

IRB:

Institutional review board

HIPAA:

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

CT:

Computed tomography

SIS:

Segment involvement score

SSS:

Segment stenosis score

SVS:

Segment volume score

RCA:

Right coronary artery

MRA:

Magnetic resonance imaging

IQR:

Interquartile range

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This study was supported, in part, by the Intramural Research Program of the Eunice Kennedy Shriver NICHD, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD. Patients were recruited from 2011 to 2019 (ClinicalTrials.gov identifier, NCT01399385).

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  1. Section on Medical Neuroendocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Development (NICHD), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    M. A. Nazari, A. Jha, S. Talvacchio, K. Charles, M. Patel & K. Pacak

  2. Biomedical and Metabolic Imaging Branch, National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

    K. Z. Abd-Elmoniem, J. Matta, J. Feeley & A. M. Gharib

  3. Division of Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    R. Feelders

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Nazari, M.A., Abd-Elmoniem, K.Z., Jha, A. et al. Reduced coronary artery luminal area in pheochromocytoma and paraganglioma patients. J Endocrinol Invest 46, 1483–1487 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40618-022-01982-5

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