Fatal postoperative systemic pulmonary hypertension in benfluorex-induced valvular heart disease surgery: A case report

Baufreton, Christophe; Bruneval, Patrick; Rousselet, Marie-Christine; Ennezat, Pierre-Vladimir; Fouquet, Olivier; Giraud, Raphaël; Banfi, Carlo

doi:10.1097/MD.0000000000004985

Scientific article

Case report

English

Fatal postoperative systemic pulmonary hypertension in benfluorex-induced valvular heart disease surgery: A case report

ContributorsBaufreton, Christophe; Bruneval, Patrick; Rousselet, Marie-Christine; Ennezat, Pierre-Vladimir; Fouquet, Olivier; Giraud, Raphaël

; Banfi, Carlo

Published inMedicine, vol. 96, no. 2, e4985

Publication date2017

Abstract

Drug-induced valvular heart disease (DI-VHD) remains an under-recognized entity.

Keywords

Appetite Depressants/adverse effects
Fatal Outcome
Female
Fenfluramine/adverse effects/analogs & derivatives
Heart Valve Diseases/chemically induced/complications/surgery
Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation
Humans
Hypertension, Pulmonary/etiology
Middle Aged
Postoperative Complications/etiology

Affiliation entities

Research groups

Groupe de recherche en hémodynamique (913)

Citation (ISO format)

BAUFRETON, Christophe et al. Fatal postoperative systemic pulmonary hypertension in benfluorex-induced valvular heart disease surgery: A case report. In: Medicine, 2017, vol. 96, n° 2, p. e4985. doi: 10.1097/MD.0000000000004985

Article (Published version)

Identifiers

PID : unige:93757
DOI : 10.1097/MD.0000000000004985
PMID : 28079786

Journal ISSN0025-7974

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Fatal postoperative systemic pulmonary hypertension in benfluorex-induced valvular heart disease surgery: A case report

Drug-induced valvular heart disease (DI-VHD) remains an under-recognized entity.

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