Phlebotomies as a treatment of serious heart failure due to haemochromatosis: a case report

Haemochromatosis is a disturbance in the iron metabolism leading to excessive accumulation of iron in various organs such as the liver, pancreas, joints, skin, pituitary, testes and heart, with the last mentioned leading to heart failure. In this report we describe a patient with serious heart failu...

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Published inNetherlands heart journal Vol. 17; no. 11; pp. 438 - 441
Main Authors Huijskes, R. V. H. P., Hoogenberg, K., Wiesfeld, A. C. P., Pijl, M. E. J., van Gelder, I. C.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Houten Bohn Stafleu van Loghum 01.11.2009
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Cardiology
Case Report
Medical Education
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
heart failure
phlebotomy
haemochromatosis
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Summary:Haemochromatosis is a disturbance in the iron metabolism leading to excessive accumulation of iron in various organs such as the liver, pancreas, joints, skin, pituitary, testes and heart, with the last mentioned leading to heart failure. In this report we describe a patient with serious heart failure, attributed to homozygosity for C282Y in the haemochromatosis (HFE) gene, in whom repetitive phlebotomies led to normalisation of left ventricular function. (Neth Heart J 2009;17:438-41.).
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ISSN:1568-5888
1876-6250
DOI:10.1007/BF03086299