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Chylous ascites as the main manifestation of left ventricular dysfunction: a case report

BACKGROUND: Ascites is one of the most common complications of liver diseases, even though in 15% of the cases it is related to extrahepatic diseases; 3% are of cardiac nature and they appear associated with signs and symptoms of heart failure. CASE PRESENTATION: A 70 year old man was admitted with...

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Autores principales: Ridruejo, Ezequiel, Mandó, Oscar G
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1192795/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16078991
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-230X-5-25