Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange

Fulminant hepatic failure is an unusual complication of hepatitis A virus infection which, without liver transplantation, is associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of fulminant hepatitis A complicated by severe cardiac dysfunction, related to Takotsubo syndrome, that was considered a con...

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Autores principales: Caballol, Berta, Reverter, Enric, Cid, Joan, Hernández-Tejero, María, Triolo, Michela, Lozano, Miquel, Fernández, Javier
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2019
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32039396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.10.004
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author Caballol, Berta
Reverter, Enric
Cid, Joan
Hernández-Tejero, María
Triolo, Michela
Lozano, Miquel
Fernández, Javier
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description Fulminant hepatic failure is an unusual complication of hepatitis A virus infection which, without liver transplantation, is associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of fulminant hepatitis A complicated by severe cardiac dysfunction, related to Takotsubo syndrome, that was considered a contraindication for transplantation and was successfully managed with standard volume plasma exchange.
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spelling pubmed-70056532020-02-07 Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange Caballol, Berta Reverter, Enric Cid, Joan Hernández-Tejero, María Triolo, Michela Lozano, Miquel Fernández, Javier JHEP Rep Short Communication Fulminant hepatic failure is an unusual complication of hepatitis A virus infection which, without liver transplantation, is associated with a poor prognosis. We report a case of fulminant hepatitis A complicated by severe cardiac dysfunction, related to Takotsubo syndrome, that was considered a contraindication for transplantation and was successfully managed with standard volume plasma exchange. Elsevier 2019-10-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7005653/ /pubmed/32039396 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.10.004 Text en © 2019 The Authors http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/).
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Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange
title Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange
title_full Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange
title_fullStr Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange
title_full_unstemmed Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange
title_short Fulminant hepatitis A complicated by Takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange
title_sort fulminant hepatitis a complicated by takotsubo syndrome successfully treated with standard volume plasma exchange
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005653/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32039396
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2019.10.004
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