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

Auteurs: R. V. H. P. Huijskes, K. Hoogenberg, A. C. P. Wiesfeld, M. E. J. Pijl, I. C. van Gelder

Gepubliceerd in: Netherlands Heart Journal | Uitgave 11/2009

Abstract

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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Titel: Phlebotomies as a treatment of serious heart failure due to haemochromatosis: a case report
Auteurs: R. V. H. P. Huijskes
K. Hoogenberg
A. C. P. Wiesfeld
M. E. J. Pijl
I. C. van Gelder
Publicatiedatum: 01-11-2009
Uitgeverij: Bohn Stafleu van Loghum
Gepubliceerd in: Netherlands Heart Journal / Uitgave 11/2009
Print ISSN: 1568-5888
Elektronisch ISSN: 1876-6250
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03086299

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