[Severe heart failure due to toxic cardiomyopathy in a young patient--a case report]

Kardiol Pol. 2004 Apr;60(4):372-3.
[Article in Polish]

Abstract

A case of a 26-year-old male with a two-week history of increased dyspnea, weakness and depressed physical tolerance, is presented. Dilated cardiomyopathy due to cardiotoxic effects of toluene was diagnosed. Echocardiography showed left ventricular ejection fraction of 15%. Standard pharmacological treatment, including amiodarone administered due to atrial fibrillation, caused constant clinical improvement, return of sinus rhythm and increase in the ejection fraction to 45%.

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Amiodarone / therapeutic use
  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents / therapeutic use
  • Echocardiography
  • Heart Failure / chemically induced*
  • Heart Failure / diagnostic imaging
  • Heart Failure / drug therapy
  • Heart Failure / physiopathology
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Solvents / adverse effects
  • Stroke Volume / drug effects
  • Toluene / adverse effects*

Substances

  • Anti-Arrhythmia Agents
  • Solvents
  • Toluene
  • Amiodarone