Heart Failure due to Thiamine Deficiency
Clinical Study Title:
Severe metabolic acidosis and heart failure due to thiamine deficiency.
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English Summary: |
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case study was done on a male who had thiamine deficiency
and related heart failure and metabolic acidosis.
His admission to the hospital was based on dyspnea.
Tests were conduceted which concluded in the diagnosis
of the heart failure and acidosis, and a thiamine
deficiency was determined based on blood levels. Treatment
with thiamine resulted in a cease to the heart failure.
This suggests that thiamine supplementation should
be considered in most patients who present with any
form of heart failure or acidosis. |
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Authors:
Ozawa H. Homma Y. Arisawa H. Fukuuchi F. Handa S.
Institution:
Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University Oiso Hospital,
Oiso, Japan.
Country of Publication:
United States
Source:
Nutrition. 17(4):351-2, 2001 Apr.
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