Anabolic steroid-induced cardiomyopathy underlying acute liver failure in a young bodybuilder

World Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 15, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 2920-2922

  Bispo, Miguel ^a,b   Valente, Ana ^a   Maldonado, Rosaário ^a   Palma, Rui ^a   Gloria, Helena ^a   Nóbrega, João ^a   Alexandrino, Paula ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL EGAS MONIZ   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Acute liver failure; Anabolic steroids; Bodybuilder; Cardiomyopathy; Hypoxic hepatitis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMMONIA; ANABOLIC AGENT; ANDROSTENEDIONE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 5; BLOOD CLOTTING FACTOR 7; CREATININE; DECANOIC ACID; DOBUTAMINE; DOPAMINE; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HEPARIN; METANDIENONE; NANDROLONE; OXYMETHOLONE; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STANOZOLOL; TESTOSTERONE; TESTOSTERONE ENANTATE; TRENBOLONE; TRENBOLONE ENANTHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACUTE KIDNEY FAILURE; ADULT; AMINOTRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; BLOOD CLOTTING DISORDER; BODY BUILDING; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; DRUG ABUSE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART EJECTION FRACTION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VENTRICLE THROMBOSIS; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; HYPERBILIRUBINEMIA; HYPONATREMIA; JAUNDICE; LIVER FAILURE; LIVER FUNCTION; LUNG CONGESTION; MALE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION;

EID: 67651241318     PISSN: 10079327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3748/wjg.15.2920     Document Type: Article

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