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Case Reports
. 2011 Jun 8;100(12):733-6.
doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000567.

[Alcohol, acid, vitamins and heart]

[Article in German]
D Reinhardt  1 , C Giambarba, S Raimondi
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[Alcohol, acid, vitamins and heart]

[Article in German]
D Reinhardt et al. Praxis (Bern 1994). .

Abstract

We report on a 67-year-old male patient with chronic alcoholism, who presented with acute dyspnea, a strongly reduced left ventricular cardiac function and a severe lactic acidosis. In face of a low thiamine serum level and a rapid improvement after parenteral thiamine administration we were able to diagnose a Shoshin-Beriberi syndrome with cardiogenic shock and reversible dilated cardiomyopathy. The epidemiology, pathophysiology, clinics and treatment of the rare cardiac manifestation of this vitamine deficiency are discussed.

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  • [When the past catches up with us...].
    Suter PM. Suter PM. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2011 Jun 8;100(12):685-6. doi: 10.1024/1661-8157/a000643. Praxis (Bern 1994). 2011. PMID: 21739764 German. No abstract available.

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