Thiamine deficiency as a rare cause of reversible severe pulmonary hypertension

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 2007, Pages

  Park, Jae Hyeong ^a   Lee, Jae Hwan ^a   Jeong, Jin Ok ^a   Seong, In Whan ^a   Choi, Si Wan ^a  

^a Chungnam National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Heart failure; Heart ventricles; Hypertension, Pulmonary; Right; Thiamine deficiency

Indexed keywords

AMINO TERMINAL PRO BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; DIGOXIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; THIAMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BERIBERI; CARDIAC BERIBERI; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; DRUG DOSE REDUCTION; HEART FAILURE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; LIMB WEAKNESS; LOW DRUG DOSE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; TENDON REFLEX; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY;

HEART FAILURE, CONGESTIVE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION, PULMONARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; THIAMINE; THIAMINE DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN B COMPLEX;

EID: 34548033212     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2006.08.054     Document Type: Article

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