heart failure/diarrhea

Carcinoid tumors are neoplasm that release hormone-like substances. They can produce liver metastasis and present with symptoms of the carcinoid syndrome. A 78 year old man presented with a history of chronic diarrhea, weight loss and shortness of breath.

Morbidity and mortality of heartfailure are decreasing because of improved medical treatment. The recompensation balance can however be very fragile, which is illustrated by three patients. A woman aged 73 and a man aged 62, both known with heart failure, became seriously ill after diarrhoea;

Heart failure as a result of cardiomyopathy is an uncommon presentation in the pediatric emergency department (PED). The initial presenting symptoms in these cases are often nonspecific and may be confused with more common pediatric illnesses. We report a case of a 3-year-old girl initially

BACKGROUND Given the importance of patient safety and well-being, we quantified the likelihood and type of medication changes observed after 5 possible adverse effects (AE) perceived by heart failure (HF) patients. RESULTS We conducted a retrospective cohort study using 18 months follow-up data from

METHODS A 60-year-old man had a dacron aortofemoral bypass graft inserted to replace a ruptured infrarenal aortic aneurysm rupture. He subsequently had tachyarrhythmic atrial fibrillation with heart failure, NYHA class IV, and diffuse abdominal pain associated with watery diarrhea. METHODS Stool

Cronkhite-Canada syndrome (CCS) is a rare noninherited condition characterized by gastrointestinal polyposis, alopecia, onychodystrophy, hyperpigmentation, weight loss and diarrhea. We report the case of an 80-year-old patient presenting with weight loss, diarrhea and dystrophic changes of the

A 69-year-old woman caught a cold resulting in nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and severe anorexia. Then she suffered progressively from dyspnea and leg edema, and finally became delirious. On admission severe hypoglycemia, hypothermia, marked tachycardia, generalized edema, mild jaundice and cachexy

Male, 52 FINAL DIAGNOSIS: Pulmonary hypertension Symptoms: Diarrhea • dyspnea • jaundice METHODS - Clinical Procedure: - Specialty: Endocrinology and Metabolic. OBJECTIVE Unusual clinical course. BACKGROUND Hyperthyroidism is one of the important causes of high-output failure and reversible

MDL 17,043, an inotropic and vasodilator drug, is believed to have beneficial effects in patients with heart failure. Its short- and long-term hemodynamic and cardiopulmonary effects were studied in 10 patients with New York Heart Association functional class III heart failure who were maintained on

Congestive right ventricular heart failure of Montana cattle is characterized clinically by an accumulation of edematous fluid in the brisket region and ventral portions of the body but not of the legs. A well developed jugular pulse is first observed followed by a watery diarrhea and usually by the

Background: Hyperkalemia (HK) is a serious medical condition that can cause potentially fatal cardiac arrhythmias. Patients with heart failure (HF) are at risk of HK due to underlying chronic kidney disease and use of

A rare clinical occurrence, heart failure in the setting of tricuspid stenosis should immediately trigger a search for underlying systemic carcinoid disease. Carcinoid tumor cells can secrete a variety of vasoactive substances that result in skin erythema, excretory diarrhea, bronchospasm, and

OBJECTIVE Effective heart failure therapy with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and beta-blockers in a patient with mitochondrial disorder and asymptomatic previously stable hypertrophic cardiomyopathy and left ventricular noncompaction (NCCMP) has not been reported. METHODS In a 58-year-old