An autopsy case of secondary iron-overload cardiomyopathy

Internal Medicine

Volumn 52, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 1369-1373

  Kobayashi, Toshiyuki ^a   Tadokoro, Hiroshi ^a   Matsumoto, Koshi ^a  

^a Ebina General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Iron overload cardiomyopathy; Secondary hemochromatosis

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; BRAIN NATRIURETIC PEPTIDE; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; DIURETIC AGENT; FERRITIN; FOLIC ACID; HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOSIDERIN; HYALURONIC ACID; TRANSFERRIN;

AGED; ANEMIA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DEATH; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FIBROSING ALVEOLITIS; HEART ATRIUM FIBRILLATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART VALVE REGURGITATION; HEMOCHROMATOSIS; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERPLASIA; HYPOKINESIA; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER CIRRHOSIS; LUNG CONGESTION; MEGALOBLASTIC ANEMIA; MEGALOCYTOSIS; PANCYTOPENIA; PLEURA EFFUSION; ST SEGMENT DEPRESSION; SUPRAVENTRICULAR TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRANSTHORACIC ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY;

AGED; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; FEMALE; HEMOSIDEROSIS; HUMANS; IRON; IRON OVERLOAD; LIVER; MYOCARDIUM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84878957358     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: 13497235     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.52.9351     Document Type: Article

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