A Case of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With Chronic Toluene Exposure

A 56-year-old woman working in a factory for the past 34 years presented with dilated cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology. She was exposed daily to toluene at work, without adequate protective equipment. A public health department investigation reported that toluene exposure among workers at her fact...

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Autores principales: Denault, Gabrielle, Chahdi, Hamza Ouazani, Patry, Louis, Costa, Jean-Pascal
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9764115/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36562008
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.09.001
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author Denault, Gabrielle
Chahdi, Hamza Ouazani
Patry, Louis
Costa, Jean-Pascal
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description A 56-year-old woman working in a factory for the past 34 years presented with dilated cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology. She was exposed daily to toluene at work, without adequate protective equipment. A public health department investigation reported that toluene exposure among workers at her factory was more than 3 times the established limit. Toluene inhalation is associated with cases of cardiac arrhythmias, vasospasm, and cardiomyopathy. Occupational exposure to cardiotoxic substances should be investigated in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. This case report highlights an association between a case of dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic exposure to toluene.
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spelling pubmed-97641152022-12-21 A Case of Dilated Cardiomyopathy Associated With Chronic Toluene Exposure Denault, Gabrielle Chahdi, Hamza Ouazani Patry, Louis Costa, Jean-Pascal CJC Open Case Report A 56-year-old woman working in a factory for the past 34 years presented with dilated cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology. She was exposed daily to toluene at work, without adequate protective equipment. A public health department investigation reported that toluene exposure among workers at her factory was more than 3 times the established limit. Toluene inhalation is associated with cases of cardiac arrhythmias, vasospasm, and cardiomyopathy. Occupational exposure to cardiotoxic substances should be investigated in patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy. This case report highlights an association between a case of dilated cardiomyopathy and chronic exposure to toluene. Elsevier 2022-09-21 /pmc/articles/PMC9764115/ /pubmed/36562008 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cjco.2022.09.001 Text en © 2022 The Authors https://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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