Shoshin beriberi complicating severe pulmonary hypertension: A case report

Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 361-365

  Goto, Yuko ^a   Awata, Masaki ^a   Uematsu, Masaaki ^a   Yano, Masamichi ^a   Morozumi, Takakazu ^a   Kotani, Jun Ichi ^a   Watanabe, Tetsuya ^a   Onishi, Toshinari ^a   Iida, Osamu ^a   Sera, Fusako ^a   Nanto, Shinsuke ^a   Nagata, Seiki ^a  

^a KANSAI ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Complications (shoshin beriberi); Drug therapy (thiamine); Heart failure (high output); Hypertension, pulmonary

Indexed keywords

THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CASE REPORT; CONVALESCENCE; DIETARY INTAKE; DISEASE SEVERITY; DYSPNEA; HEMODYNAMIC PARAMETERS; HIGH OUTPUT HEART FAILURE; HUMAN; MALE; NUTRITIONAL DEFICIENCY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SHOCK; SHOSHIN BERIBERI; VASCULAR RESISTANCE; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HOSPITALIZATION; RESPIRATORY FAILURE;

ADULT; BERIBERI; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIAMINE; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 34547780003     PISSN: 09145087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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