Balfe, Christopher and O’Connor, Cormac and Giblin, Gerard and Walsh, Kevin and Casserly, Ivan and Moore, David and Maher, Vincent (2020) Presentation of Severe Rheumatic Mitral Stenosis at the Peak of the COVID-19 Pandemic and the Presumptive Treatment as Severe Coronavirus Illness. European Journal of Case Reports in Internal Medicine, 7 (12). pp. 1-5. ISSN ISSN: 2284-2594
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Abstract
his case report describes a young female Caucasian patient with newly presenting severe mitral stenosis at the peak of the coronavirus pandemic in the Republic of Ireland. The initial presumptive diagnosis was of severe coronavirus illness. This case report highlights the importance of keeping an open mind to alternative diagnoses and examines some of the challenges in the diagnosis and management of a rare condition in the pandemic environment. This patient gained 10 kg of weight within 6 weeks of percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty, highlighting the contribution of cardiac cachexia to her low body weight and demonstrating the exceptional benefit that this treatment can offer to patients.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Mitral stenosis, rheumatic heart disease, valvular heart disease |
| Subjects: | 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) 600 Tecnologia - Scienze applicate > 610 Medicina e salute (Classificare qui la tecnologia dei servizi medici) > 616 Malattie (classificare qui la Clinica medica, la medicina basata sull'evidenza, la Medicina interna, la Medicina sperimentale) |
| Depositing User: | Marina Spanti |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Dec 2021 14:32 |
| Last Modified: | 20 Dec 2021 14:32 |
| URI: | http://eprints.bice.rm.cnr.it/id/eprint/21125 |
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