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Thiamine deficiency mimicking acute rejection following cardiac transplantation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 August 2008

Andrew R. Gennery ,
Kim Bartlett  and
Asif Hasan
Andrew R. Gennery*
Affiliation:
Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Kim Bartlett
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
Asif Hasan
Affiliation:
Department of Child Health, The Royal Victoria Infirmary, Queen Victoria Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK
*
Dr Andrew Gennery Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Freeman Hospital, High Heaton, Newcastle upon TyneUK Tel: 0191 2843111; Fax: 0191 2132167
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Abstract

We describe a recipient of an orthotopic cardiac transplant who developed severe ventricular dysfunction following an episode of sepsis. He had normal cardiac biopsies and responded to treatment with thiamine. Causes other than rejection should be considered in patients who have received a cardiac transplant and who present in cardiac failure.

Keywords

Cardiac transplantationthiamine deficiencycardiac failure
Type
Brief Reports
Information
Cardiology in the Young , Volume 8 , Issue 1 , January 1998 , pp. 113 - 115
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1998

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