Regional Left Ventricular Dysfunction in a Patient With Severe Prolonged Anemia
Open Access
- 1 January 1999
- journal article
- case report
- Published by Japanese Circulation Society in Japanese Circulation Journal
- Vol. 63 (1) , 61-63
- https://doi.org/10.1253/jcj.63.61
Abstract
A 47-year-old woman with severe prolonged anemia developed heart failure. After treatment of the heart failure and anemia, she showed regional dysfunction of the left ventricular wall and myocardial fatty acid metabolism was disturbed in these sites. Coronary arteriography showed normal images. It took about 4 months to recover both left ventricular wall motion and fatty acid metabolism. Prolonged decrease of oxygen supply to the myocardium, which is caused by severe prolonged anemia, seemed to affect the myocardial function in this case, which could be another model of anemia-related myocardial dysfunction. (Jpn Circ J 1999; 63: 61 -63)Keywords
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