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- 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