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HYPOXIC CARDIOMYOPATHY: ACUTE MYOCARDIAL DYSFUNCTION AFTER SEVERE HYPOXIA
Author(s) -
SMITH F.,
LEE R.,
HAINDL W.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.596
H-Index - 70
eISSN - 1445-5994
pISSN - 0004-8291
DOI - 10.1111/j.1445-5994.1989.tb00318.x
Subject(s) - medicine , pulmonary edema , hypoxia (environmental) , cardiology , cardiac dysfunction , cardiomyopathy , acute pulmonary edema , heart failure , lung , chemistry , organic chemistry , oxygen
Five cases of acute transient myocardial dysfunction in previously well people after severe hypoxic episode are described. In all cases the hypoxic episode was associated with drug overdose and its complications. Pulmonary infiltrates on chest X‐ray consistent with pulmonary edema developed in four cases and gated heart pool scanning confirmed severe cardiovascular dysfunction in all cases.