Highly concentrated vascular endothelial growth factor in Crow-Fukase syndrome with high output heart failure: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 75-80

  Shiraki, Teruo ^a   Satoh, Shinji ^a   Sugiyama, Hiroki ^a   Kobayashi, Makoto ^a   Takamura, Toshiyuki ^a   Kajiyama, Akio ^a   Saito, Daiji ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications; Endothelium (vascular endothelial growth factor); Heart failure (high cardiac output); Hypertension, pulmonary

Indexed keywords

AMLODIPINE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; CORTICOTROPIN; DERAPRIL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FUROSEMIDE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; M PROTEIN; THYROTROPIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VASCULOTROPIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CROW FUKASE SYNDROME; EDEMA; FEVER; HEART CATHETER; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; PLASMA CELL DYSCRASIA; POLYNEUROPATHY; PROGNOSIS; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; BLOOD; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; PARAPROTEINEMIA;

ADRENOCORTICOTROPIC HORMONE; CARDIAC OUTPUT, HIGH; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN A; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POEMS SYNDROME; THYROTROPIN; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL GROWTH FACTORS;

EID: 15844402014     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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