[Successful treatment of cardiac failure in haemochromatosis by prednisolone and phlebotomies (author's transl)].
In a female 53 year old patient with severe heart failure in haemochromatosis, not responding to digitalis, treatment with prednisolone (40 mg/da) and phlebotomies eventually led to a permanent remission. She is symptom free 4 years after the event. Phlebotomy every 4--6 weeks is the only actual treatment.
D001145:Arrhythmias, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology / Q000628:therapy*; D001815:Bloodletting; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D005260:Female; D006432:Hemochromatosis / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010956:Plasmapheresis; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D011239:Prednisolone
Erfolgreiche Behandlung einer schweren digitalisrefraktären Herzinsuffizienz bei Hämochromatose mit Kortikosteroiden und Aderlässen.