Reversal of severe biventricular dysfunction from cardiac hemochromatosis with iron removal

Circ Heart Fail. 2013 Jan;6(1):e14-5. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.112.971747.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Biopsy
  • Echocardiography, Doppler
  • Electrocardiography
  • Heart Diseases / diagnosis
  • Heart Diseases / therapy
  • Hemochromatosis / complications*
  • Hemochromatosis / diagnosis
  • Hemochromatosis / therapy
  • Humans
  • Iron / metabolism*
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Myocardial Contraction
  • Myocardium / metabolism
  • Myocardium / pathology*
  • Recovery of Function*
  • Severity of Illness Index
  • Sorption Detoxification / methods*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / physiopathology*
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / etiology
  • Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / physiopathology*
  • Ventricular Function / physiology

Substances

  • Iron