Accelerating restrictive cardiomyopathy after liver transplantation in a patient with familial amyloidotic polyneuropathy: A case report

Journal of Medical Case Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Robin, Jason ^a   Meyers, Sheridan ^a   Nahlawi, Maher ^a   Puthumana, Jyothy ^a   Lomasney, Jon ^a   Mehlman, David ^a   Rigolin, Vera ^a   Davidson, Charles ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMYLOID; CLOTRIMAZOLE; DIURETIC AGENT; GABAPENTIN; PENTAMIDINE; PREDNISONE; TACROLIMUS; VALACICLOVIR;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASCITES; ATELECTASIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM EXAMINATION; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FAMILIAL AMYLOID POLYNEUROPATHY; FAMILY HISTORY; HEART AMYLOIDOSIS; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IRELAND; LEG EDEMA; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; OXYGEN SATURATION; PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; STOMACH PARESIS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TWO DIMENSIONAL ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 45249105107     PISSN: 17521947     EISSN: 17521947     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1752-1947-2-35     Document Type: Article

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