Typical manifestation of acute congestive heart failure in patients with Thalassaemia major causing diagnostic delay in the emergency room

European Journal of Heart Failure

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 607-608

  Forni, Gian Luca ^a   Derchi, Giorgio ^a  

^a GALLIERA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hepatomegaly; Thalassaemia major (TM); Venous congestion

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ACUTE ABDOMEN; ADULT; ARTICLE; BETA THALASSEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT DISEASE; THALASSEMIA MAJOR;

ABDOMEN, ACUTE; ADULT; BETA-THALASSEMIA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 0346100344     PISSN: 13889842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00102-8     Document Type: Article

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