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Acute dilated cardiomyopathy in a patient with beriberi and cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis: an unusual potential complication of two rare disorders
A. Tejedor, M. Solé, S. Prieto-González, M.A. Alba, J.M. Grau, M.C. Cid, J. Hernández-Rodríguez
CER6630
2014 Vol.32, N°3 ,Suppl.82
PI 0066, PF 0069
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PMID: 24429381 [PubMed]
Received: 22/05/2013
Accepted : 12/11/2013
In Press: 14/01/2014
Published: 16/05/2014
Abstract
We report the case of a 45-year-old patient who presented with acute dilated cardiomyopathy. During admission the patient was consecutively diagnosed with cryoglobulinaemic vasculitis and beriberi. In both diseases, cardiac involvement may occur as dilated cardiomyopathy. Thiamin deficiency was the final cause for the severe cardiac manifestations (cardiac acute beriberi or Shoshin syndrome), which returned to normal after thiamin supplementation.