Transradial Embolization Prior to Surgical Resection of a Cardiac Paraganglioma Presenting as an Acute Coronary Syndrome With Normal Coronaries.

Safia Ouarrak¹, Christ Debs¹, Can M Nguyen¹, Jean Perron¹, Sylvain Trahan¹, Olivier F Bertrand¹

¹Quebec Heart-Lung Institute, Quebec City, QC, Canada.

Abstract

BACKGROUND Cardiac paragangliomas are extremely rare neuroendocrine tumors arising from chromaffin cells of neural crest origin. These tumors are typically hypervascular and can derive part of their arterial supply from the coronary circulation. Because of their rarity and heterogeneous clinical presentation, diagnosis can be challenging. Symptoms can result from catecholamine secretion, local mas…

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