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Hypereosinophilic syndrome masquerading as a myocardial infarction causing decompensated heart failure

BACKGROUND: An 81 year old female patient diagnosed with a chronic low grade hypereosinophilic syndrome presented with angina and dyspnoea. CASE PRESENTATION: She was managed for a non-ST elevated myocardial infarction since her troponin levels were elevated. On day 5, she suffered an acute clinical...

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Autores principales: Lim, Joanna, Sternberg, Alexander, Manghat, Nathan, Ramcharitar, Steve
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3849331/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24053402
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2261-13-75