Fulminant hepatic necrosis resulting from heart failure

Acta Cardiologica

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 95-97

  Catez, Emmanuel ^a   Tran Ngoc, Emmanuel ^a   Decoodt, Pierre ^a  

^a BRUGMANN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Dilated cardiomyopathy; Heart failure; Hepatic failure; Ischaemic hepatic necrosis

Indexed keywords

ACETYLCYSTEINE; ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BILIRUBIN; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 10; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; CREATININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRINOGEN; PROTHROMBIN; UREA;

ADULT; ANGIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CHOLESTASIS; COMA; CYTOLYSIS; DYSPNEA; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROPHORESIS; HEART FAILURE; HEART INFARCTION; HEART LEFT BUNDLE BRANCH BLOCK; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; KIDNEY DISEASE; LIVER BIOPSY; LIVER NECROSIS; LUNG EDEMA; MALE; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; MITRAL VALVE REGURGITATION; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; TACHYPNEA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TOXIC HEPATITIS; TRICUSPID VALVE REGURGITATION;

ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; ASPIRIN; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; COMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIURETICS; HUMANS; MALE; MASSIVE HEPATIC NECROSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PLATELET AGGREGATION INHIBITORS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 61849118939     PISSN: 00015385     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2143/AC.64.1.2034369     Document Type: Article

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