Shoshin syndrome: Two case reports representing opposite ends of the same disease spectrum

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 53, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 195-199

  Shivalkar, Bharati ^a,b   Engelmann, Ilse ^a   Carp, Lawrence ^a   De Raedt, Hilde ^a   Daelemans, Ronny ^a  

^a Stuivenberg General Hospital   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Alcoholism; Beriberi; Thiamine deficiency

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CASE REPORT; COLLAPSE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DISEASE ACTIVITY; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

ADULT; BERIBERI; CARDIAC OUTPUT; HEART DISEASES; HEMODYNAMIC PROCESSES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SYNDROME; THIAMINE;

EID: 0032410198     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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