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Tachyarrythmias with elevated cardiac enzymes in Münchausen syndrome

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We report the case of a woman with Münchausen syndrome who surreptitiously injected epinephrine causing recurrent ventricular tachyarrhythmias accompanied by dramatically high plasma levels of epinephrine and normal norepinephrine levels.

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  1. Department of Physiology and Neuroscience, Dysautonomia Center, New York University, 530 First Avenue, Suite 9Q, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann

  2. Department of Neurology, Dysautonomia Center, New York University, 530 First Avenue, Suite 9Q, New York, NY, 10016, USA

    Alejandra Gonzalez-Duarte, Jose Martinez & Horacio Kaufmann

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Correspondence to Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann.

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L. Norcliffe-Kaufmann and A. Gonzalez-Duarte contributed equally to this work.

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Norcliffe-Kaufmann, L., Gonzalez-Duarte, A., Martinez, J. et al. Tachyarrythmias with elevated cardiac enzymes in Münchausen syndrome. Clin Auton Res 20, 259–261 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-010-0066-6

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