Complete recovery of ischemic cardiomyopathy from thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Clinical Medicine Insights: Cardiology

Volumn 5, Issue , 2011, Pages 29-33

  Gaddam, Sainath ^a   Pablani, Lata ^a   Chainani, Vinod ^a   Kavuda, Ravi Raj ^a   Nagrani, Tarun ^a   Rjaili, Georges Abou ^a   Dhar, Meekoo ^a   Lafferty, James C ^a  

^a STATEN ISLAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; HIV; Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; EMTRICITABINE; FOSAMPRENAVIR; METOPROLOL; PREDNISONE; RIFABUTIN; TENOFOVIR;

ACUTE PANCREATITIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CD4 LYMPHOCYTE COUNT; DYSPNEA; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEMOLYTIC UREMIC SYNDROME; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HYPERTENSION; ISCHEMIC CARDIOMYOPATHY; KIDNEY FAILURE; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MALE; NON ST SEGMENT ELEVATION MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLASMAPHERESIS; REMISSION; SINUS TACHYCARDIA; THORAX PAIN; THROMBOTIC THROMBOCYTOPENIC PURPURA; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

EID: 79958026792     PISSN: 11795468     EISSN: 11795468     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4137/CMC.S6130     Document Type: Article

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