title: Abdominal pain, colomegaly, and jaundice from heart failure related to mitral stenosis.
abstract: Abdominal manifestations of cardiac disease may result in misleading and erroneous diagnoses. We present a case of congestive heart failure secondary to rheumatic valvular disease resulting in the appearance of an acute surgical abdomen.
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Baumgartner
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Velez
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Zulim
authors: D
authors: D
authors: State
mesh_terms: D015746:Abdominal Pain / Q000209:etiology*; D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007565:Jaundice / Q000209:etiology*; D008875:Middle Aged; D008946:Mitral Valve Stenosis / Q000150:complications*; D012214:Rheumatic Heart Disease / Q000150:complications*