| Hemochromatosis heart disease: an unemphasized cause of potentially reversible restrictive cardiomyopathy. | |
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PMID: 7446557 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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Cardiac involvement in hemochromatosis typically results in congestive cardiomyopathy; a restrictive cardiomyopathy due to hemochromatosis is distinctly rare. A restrictive cardiomyopathy, which developed in the patient described in this report, was due to hemochromatosis which mimicked constrictive pericarditis clinically, echocardiographically and hemodynamically, and resulted in a thoracotomy for attempted surgical therapy. The fact that hemochromatosis represents the only cause of a restrictive cardiomyopathy that is potentially reversible by medical therapy makes early recognition of hemochromatosis heart disease important. |
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Authors:
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D J Cutler; J M Isner; A W Bracey; C A Hufnagel; P W Conrad; W C Roberts; D M Kerwin; A M Weintraub |
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Publication Detail:
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Type: Case Reports; Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: The American journal of medicine Volume: 69 ISSN: 0002-9343 ISO Abbreviation: Am. J. Med. Publication Date: 1980 Dec |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 1981-02-24 Completed Date: 1981-02-24 Revised Date: 2004-11-17 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 0267200 Medline TA: Am J Med Country: UNITED STATES |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 923-8 Citation Subset: AIM; IM |
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Cardiomyopathies
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diagnosis,
etiology* Diagnosis, Differential Echocardiography Electrocardiography Female Hemochromatosis / complications* Humans Liver / pathology Middle Aged Myocardium / pathology Pericarditis, Constrictive / diagnosis |
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