A surviving case of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy diagnosed from the symptoms of multiple organ dysfunction syndrome

International Journal of Cardiology

Volumn 128, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  Tsujita, Yasuyuki ^a   Kunitomo, Takeo ^a   Fujii, Masanori ^a   Furukawa, Satoshi ^a   Otsuki, Hideki ^a   Fujino, Kazunori ^a   Hamamoto, Tetsu ^a   Tabata, Takahisa ^a   Matsumura, Kazuhiro ^a   Sasaki, Teiji ^a   Saotome, Takao ^a   Kawai, Hiromichi ^a   Matsumoto, Tetsuya ^a   Maeda, Kengo ^a   Horie, Minoru ^a   Eguchi, Yutaka ^a  

^a SHIGA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congestive heart failure; Lactic acidosis; MELAS syndrome; Mitochondrial myopathies; Multiple organ failure

Indexed keywords

ATRIAL NATRIURETIC FACTOR ALPHA; CATECHOLAMINE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; TRANSFER RNA; UBIDECARENONE;

ADULT; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL HEART PACEMAKER; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONTINUOUS HEMODIAFILTRATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LABORATORY TEST; MELAS SYNDROME; MITOCHONDRIAL CARDIOMYOPATHY; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE; PLASMAPHERESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOCLEIDOMASTOID MUSCLE;

DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; MELAS SYNDROME; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ORGAN FAILURE;

EID: 46149107646     PISSN: 01675273     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijcard.2007.05.072     Document Type: Article

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