Beriberi heart disease. A case report describing the haemodynamic features.
Beriberi heart disease should be considered in all patients with cardiac failure and a history of alcohol abuse or dietary deficiency. We studied the haemodynamic changes which took place immediately after intravenous administration of thiamine to a patient with high-output beriberi. Cardiac output and stroke volume fell rapidly, but not below normal levels, and systemic vascular resistance rose.
D000328:Adult; D001602:Beriberi / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D006331:Heart Diseases / Q000209:etiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D006439:Hemodynamics; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013997:Time Factors
D013831:Thiamine