Fatal dynamic mitral regurgitation as a presentation of benfluorex-Induced valvular heart toxicity

MeSH terms

• Aged
• Appetite Depressants / therapeutic use
• Appetite Depressants / toxicity
• Autopsy
• Echocardiography / methods
• Fatal Outcome
• Fenfluramine / analogs & derivatives*
• Fenfluramine / therapeutic use
• Fenfluramine / toxicity
• Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / adverse effects
• Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation* / methods
• Humans
• Male
• Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / chemically induced
• Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / diagnosis
• Mitral Valve Insufficiency* / physiopathology
• Mitral Valve* / drug effects
• Mitral Valve* / pathology
• Mitral Valve* / surgery
• Obesity / drug therapy
• Stroke Volume
• Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / diagnosis
• Ventricular Dysfunction, Left* / physiopathology