Title: RECURRENT ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE OWING TO SEVERE IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE HABITUAL BLOODLETTING.
Authors: WOO-HYUN LIM; SANG-HYUN KIM; HACK-LYOUNG KIM; KI-HWAN KIM; SANG HOON NA; HYUN-JUNG LEE; EUN GYU KANG; JAE-BIN SEO; WOO-YOUNG CHUNG; JOO-HEE ZO; JUNG AE HONG; KWANGYOUN KIM; MYUNG-A KIM
Abstract: A 68-year-old woman visited the emergency department twice with symptoms of acute heart failure including shortness of breath, general weakness, and abdominal distension. Laboratory findings showed extremely low level of serum hemoglobin at 1.4 g/dL. Echocardiographic examination demonstrated dilated left ventricular cavity with systolic dysfunction and moderate amount of pericardial effusion. In this patient, acute heart failure due to severe iron deficiency anemia was caused by inappropriate habitual bloodletting.
Subjects: ANEMIA; BLOODLETTING
Publication: Journal of Cardiovascular Ultrasound, 2015, Vol 23, Issue 4, p253
ISSN: 1975-4612
Publication type: Academic Journal
DOI: 10.4250/jcu.2015.23.4.253

RECURRENT ACUTE DECOMPENSATED HEART FAILURE OWING TO SEVERE IRON DEFICIENCY ANEMIA CAUSED BY INAPPROPRIATE HABITUAL BLOODLETTING.

WOO-HYUN LIM; SANG-HYUN KIM; HACK-LYOUNG KIM; KI-HWAN KIM; SANG HOON NA; HYUN-JUNG LEE; EUN GYU KANG; JAE-BIN SEO; WOO-YOUNG CHUNG; JOO-HEE ZO; JUNG AE HONG; KWANGYOUN KIM; MYUNG-A KIM