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01-08-2010 | Case Report

Tachyarrythmias with elevated cardiac enzymes in Münchausen syndrome

Authors: Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann, Alejandra Gonzalez-Duarte, Jose Martinez, Horacio Kaufmann

Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research | Issue 4/2010

Abstract

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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Title: Tachyarrythmias with elevated cardiac enzymes in Münchausen syndrome
Authors: Lucy Norcliffe-Kaufmann
Alejandra Gonzalez-Duarte
Jose Martinez
Horacio Kaufmann
Publication date: 01-08-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Clinical Autonomic Research / Issue 4/2010
Print ISSN: 0959-9851
Electronic ISSN: 1619-1560
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10286-010-0066-6

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