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Case Reports
. 2018 Sep 21:25:233-234.
doi: 10.1016/j.rmcr.2018.09.013. eCollection 2018.

A devastating cardiovascular event in an adult cystic fibrosis patient: An unforeseen outcome of increasing life expectancy

Nooreen Hussain  1 , Faiz Hussain  2 , Abdullah Malik  1   3 , Muaz Rizvi  3 , Preeti Patel  4 , Subramanyam Chittivelu  4
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A devastating cardiovascular event in an adult cystic fibrosis patient: An unforeseen outcome of increasing life expectancy

Nooreen Hussain et al. Respir Med Case Rep. .

Abstract

The improving life expectancy for CF is known to be one of the biggest success stories in medicine. Life expectancy has increased from 6 months during the early 20th century to 42.7 years from in 2012-2016. As the life expectancy of CF patients has increased, it is important to consider other co-morbidities that these patients may encounter, and the impact this may have on their morbidity and mortality. We present a case of a 33-year-old male admitted to the hospital for a CF exacerbation who had an acute neurological decompensation due to an infarction of his right occipital and posterior temporal lobe.

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