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Heart Block and Idiopathic Pulmonary Hemosiderosis
Author(s) -
MOSES H. WESTON,
SCHREINER BERNARD F.,
HYDE RICHARD W.,
KALLAY MICHAEL C.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
pacing and clinical electrophysiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.686
H-Index - 101
eISSN - 1540-8159
pISSN - 0147-8389
DOI - 10.1111/j.1540-8159.1982.tb06563.x
Subject(s) - medicine , hemosiderosis , atrioventricular block , cardiology , heart block , electrocardiography
A young woman with idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) and advanced heart block below the atrioventricular node requiring pacemaker therapy is discussed. Thirteen years after the onset of IPH she is free of pulmonary symptoms despite having never received steroid or antimetabolite therapy.