Tapioca Cardiomyopathy: Curse of Cassava Endomyocardial Fibrosis

Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis is a rare entity in the present era. Restrictive cardiomyopathy due to tapioca consumption is very rare, although it has been reported in India, especially in state of Kerala. We report a rare case of restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to tapioca consumption in a 2...

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Autores principales: Anandan, Prem Krishna, Shukkarbhai, Patel Jigarkumar, George, Jimmy, Bhatt, Prabhavathi, Manjunath, Cholenahally Nanjappa
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2015
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295540/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28197237
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr394w
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Sumario:Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis is a rare entity in the present era. Restrictive cardiomyopathy due to tapioca consumption is very rare, although it has been reported in India, especially in state of Kerala. We report a rare case of restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to tapioca consumption in a 20-year-old male patient.

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