Open AccessDyspnoea in a patient with chronic heart failure: surprise, surpise!
Author(s) -
Omeralfaroug Adam,
Ingrid Kindermann,
Andreas Link,
K Rentz,
M. Böhm
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
bmj case reports
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.231
H-Index - 26
ISSN - 1757-790X
DOI - 10.1136/bcr.02.2009.1548
Subject(s) - medicine , heart failure , surprise , cardiology , bypass grafting , coronary artery disease , artery , intensive care medicine , psychology , social psychology
Dyspnoea is one of the typical symptoms of congestive heart failure. The cause of dyspnoea in this patient with chronic heart failure, 8 months after coronary artery bypass grafting, was a great surprise for the heart failure physician, showing that a more broad view of dyspnoea is warranted in this common symptom.
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