Cushing's Syndrome patient who exhibited congestive heart failure

Journal of Endocrinological Investigation

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 525-528

  Petramala, L ^a   Battisti, P ^a   Lauri, G ^a   Palleschi, L ^a   Cotesta, D ^a   Iorio, M ^a   De Toma, G ^a   Sciomer, S ^a   Letizia, Claudio ^a  

^a SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Cushing's Syndrome

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; CREATININE; DEXAMETHASONE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROCORTISONE; SODIUM; SPIRONOLACTONE;

ADRENAL CORTEX ADENOMA; ADRENALECTOMY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; CUSHING SYNDROME; DRUG TREATMENT FAILURE; DYSPNEA; FATIGUE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED EDEMA; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE WALL; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE URINE LEVEL; HYPERCORTISOLISM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL EDEMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SODIUM BLOOD LEVEL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; VOMITING; WEAKNESS;

EID: 34848915407     PISSN: 03914097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03346339     Document Type: Article

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