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Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in a patient with accidental hypothermia: a case report

INTRODUCTION: Hypothermia is a relatively rare condition, and the effects of unintentional hypothermia on the heart are not known. CASE PRESENTATION: This report describes the case of an 88-year-old Japanese man found in a coma and presenting with heart failure associated with hypothermia. He experi...

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Autores principales: Mine, Takanao, Sato, Ikuo, Kishima, Hideyuki, Miyake, Hiroji
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3760449/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23272675
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1752-1947-6-429