[Thiamine deficiency. A cause of cardiac insufficiency not to be ignored]

C Beaud; C Fuhrman; H Perchet; I Monnet; C Chouaid; B Housset

[Thiamine deficiency. A cause of cardiac insufficiency not to be ignored]

Rev Mal Respir. 1998 Jun;15(3):303-4.

[Article in French]

Authors

C Beaud¹, C Fuhrman, H Perchet, I Monnet, C Chouaid, B Housset

Affiliation

¹ Service de Pneumologie, Hospitalier Intercommunal de Créteil.

PMID: 9677641

Abstract

Thiamine deficiency is one of the classical causes of high out put for heart failure. Deficiency of this vitamin may be nutritional or secondary to alcoholic intoxication. We felt it would be interesting to describe a typical case of cardiac beriberi in order to recall the clinical presentation and the pathophysiology.

Publication types

Case Reports
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Acidosis / etiology
Adult
Alcoholism / complications
Beriberi / complications
Beriberi / physiopathology
Cardiac Output
Cardiac Output, Low / etiology*
Cardiac Output, Low / physiopathology
Humans
Male
Tachycardia / etiology
Thiamine Deficiency / complications*
Thiamine Deficiency / physiopathology
Tricuspid Valve Insufficiency / etiology
Vascular Resistance