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Thinking outside the box: a middle-aged man with new-onset dyspnoea on exertion and pedal oedema

We describe a diagnostic dilemma in a middle-aged man presenting with dyspnoea and bilateral pedal oedema who had been diagnosed with right heart failure based on clinical evidence. The evaluation for aetiology eventually led to discovery of an unusual extrathoracic cause, a left-to-right communicat...

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Published in:BMJ Case Rep
Main Authors: Rochlani, Yogita M, Pai, Vidya B, Lataifeh, Abdel Rahman M, Bartter, Thaddeus
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2015
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4434346/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25953584
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bcr-2015-209724
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