Severe Heart Failure after Bortezomib Treatment in a Patient with Multiple Myeloma: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2012 ◽  
Vol 128 (4) ◽  
pp. 244-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margarita Bockorny ◽  
Saneka Chakravarty ◽  
Peter Schulman ◽  
Bruno Bockorny ◽  
Robert Bona
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Multiple Myeloma ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Severe Heart Failure ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Bortezomib Treatment

scholarly journals Hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy after parathyroidectomy in a patient with uremia: A case report and literature review

2020 ◽  
Vol 48 (7) ◽  
pp. 030006052094211
Author(s):  
Wei Zhang ◽  
Feng Xue ◽  
Quandong Bu ◽  
Xuemei Liu
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Secondary Hyperparathyroidism ◽  
Calcium Supplementation ◽  
Severe Heart Failure ◽  
Cardiac Complications ◽  
Refractory Heart Failure ◽  
First Case ◽  
Insight Into

Hypocalcemia is a rare, but reversible, cause of dilated cardiomyopathy. Although cardiomyopathy may cause severe heart failure, calcium supplementation can reverse heart failure. We report here a patient with uremia and secondary hyperparathyroidism, who was complicated by persistent hypocalcemia and refractory heart failure. The cardiac failure was refractory to treatment with digitalis and diuretics, but dramatically responded to calcium therapy and restoration of normocalcemia. As a result, the patient was eventually diagnosed with hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of this disease to be reported in a patient with uremia. Findings from our case may help clinicians to better understand hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy. Our case might also provide new insight into long-term cardiac complications and prognoses of patients undergoing parathyroidectomy due to secondary hyperparathyroidism.

Aplasia of the Epiglottis: A Rare Congenital Anomaly

1998 ◽  
Vol 77 (1) ◽  
pp. 51-55 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jose A. Bonilla ◽  
Michael P. Pizzuto ◽  
Linda S. Brodsky
Keyword(s):  
Heart Failure ◽  
Computed Tomography ◽  
Congenital Anomaly ◽  
Obstructive Sleep Apnea ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Clinical Course ◽  
Embryological Development ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
Rare Congenital Anomaly ◽  
Obstructive Sleep

Aplasia of the epiglottis is a rare laryngeal anomaly. We present a case of absence of the epiglottis in a child whose clinical course has been followed for nine years. She required a tracheostomy at two years of age for obstructive sleep apnea which resulted in heart failure; she was eventually decannulated at age seven. This case report highlights the clinical challenges faced in the identification and treatment of the sequelae of this defect. Both endoscopic and computed tomography (CT) documentation are provided. Embryological development and a review of the literature are also discussed.

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