Open AccessAcute Reversible Heart Failure in Africans
Author(s) -
H. Grusin
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
circulation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 7.795
H-Index - 607
eISSN - 1524-4539
pISSN - 0009-7322
DOI - 10.1161/01.cir.16.1.27
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , cardiac hypertrophy , cardiology , muscle hypertrophy , intensive care medicine
Sixteen cases of acute reversible heart failure were observed in the native African. On the basis of their responses to dietary and vitamin therapy they were divided into various etiologic groups. The clinical manifestations are described and the relationship of these cases to idiopathic cardiac hypertrophy of Africans is discussed.
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