Haemochromatosis presenting as congestive cardiac failure.

Haemochromatosis presenting as congestive cardiomyopathy and responding to venesection.

A case of primary haemochromatosis presenting as an obscure congestive cardiomyopathy in a young man is described. No other clinical evidence of haemochromatosis was present. Substantial improvement followed venesection. The cardiac manifestations of haemochromatosis are reviewed. It is suggested that the diagnosis must be excluded in any male patient with cardiac disease of undetermined aetiol...

Two patients with cardiac myxoma--one presenting as bacterial endocarditis, and one as congestive cardiac failure.

Congestive Cardiac Failure

The expanding role of intravenous nitroglycerin (GTN) in the management of critically ill hospitalized patients demands a clear knowledge of its pharmacodynamics and kinetics in both normal and diseased states. Accordingly, we studied 16 patients with congestive cardiac failure to establish the relationship between blood levels of GTN and its physiologic effects during and after an i.v. infusio...

Case In Point: Sarcoidosis presenting as severe congestive heart failure

The patient was a 40-year-old African American woman, with no significant past medical history, who presented to our medical center with a 4-week history of shortness of breath and lower extremity edema. The onset was progressive and initially occurred only with moderate exertion until about 2 weeks before presentation; at that time, her symptoms had worsened to the point where she experienced ...

Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis presenting as congestive heart failure

Diffuse neonatal hemangiomatosis is a rare condition with a very high mortality rate if left untreated. We report a neonate having around 490 cutaneous and multiple diffuse liver hemangiomas presenting as congestive heart failure. Prompt treatment was instituted with decongestive drugs and prednisolone for anticipated life threatening complications due to hepatic hemangiomas. Propranolol was ad...