Recurrent Acute Decompensated Heart Failure Owing to Severe Iron Deficiency Anemia Caused by Inappropriate Habitual Bloodletting.

Bloodletting-induced cardiomyopathy: reversible cardiac hypertrophy in severe chronic anaemia from long-term bloodletting with cupping.

Cardiac hypertrophy in a patient with severe iron deficiency anaemia associated with long-term bloodletting using cupping, called 'puhang' in oriental medicine, is discussed using chest electrocardiographic and radiographic images. With iron supply, the patient showed remarkable improvement of cardiomegaly, which is a unique feature of chronic severe iron deficiency anaemia.

Acute reversible heart failure in severe iron-deficiency anemia associated with hookworm infestation in Uganda Africans.

Acute Reversible Heart Failure in Severe Iron-Deficiency Anemia Associated with Hookworm Infestation

SEVERE iron-deficieney anemia associated with hookworm infestation is common in Uganda and during the year 1957, accounted for 114 or 5 per cent of all adult medical admissions, excluding pediatries, into Mulago Hospital.' It is not intended in this communication to enter into the controversy over the role of the hookworm in the causation of the anemia,2-5 but it can be stated at the outset tha...

Hemoglobin concentration in acute decompensated heart failure: a marker of volume status?

Anemia is common in patients with chronic heart failure across the spectrum of ejection fraction and is a powerful predictor of rehospitalization rates and mortality (1–5). Prevalence estimates vary widely according to heart failure severity, ranging from 10% in those with mild symptoms to 50% in those with advanced disease (6). The etiology of eart failure–associated anemia is undoubtedly mult...

Severe Respiratory Distress in a Child with Pulmonary Idiopathic Hemosiderosis Initially Presenting with Iron-Deficiency Anemia

Idiopathic pulmonary hemosiderosis (IPH) is a rare cause of alveolar hemorrhage in children but should be considered in children with anemia of unknown origin who develop respiratory complications. It is commonly characterized by the triad of recurrent hemoptysis, diffuse parenchymal infiltrates, and iron-deficiency anemia. Pathogenesis is unclear and diagnosis may be difficult along with a var...