TY - JOUR
T1 - Toxic-Oil Syndrome
AU - Miller, D. Douglas
AU - Chaitman, Bernard R.
AU - Bronchud, Miguel Hernandez
AU - de la Serna, A. Rodriguez
AU - Kawane, Hiroshi
AU - Soejima, Rinzo
AU - Kilbourne, Edwin M.
AU - Rigau-Perez, Jose G.
AU - Heath, Clark W.
AU - Zack, Matthew M.
AU - Falk, Henry
PY - 1984/5/10
Y1 - 1984/5/10
N2 - To the Editor: The careful study by Kilbourne and colleagues (Dec. 8 issue)1 of the natural history of acute toxic-oil syndrome and its late severe neuromuscular sequelae made only one reference to the occurrence of pulmonary hypertension after the acute illness. We have documented the clinical, hemodynamic, echocardiographic, and pathological features in 38 of 465 patients admitted to the Hospital Provinciale de Madrid with the acute sindrome toxico who then returned within two months with clinical evidence of pulmonary hypertension and right-heart failure.2 The clinical findings in these patients on admission included new exertional dyspnea (76 per cent), a prominent.
AB - To the Editor: The careful study by Kilbourne and colleagues (Dec. 8 issue)1 of the natural history of acute toxic-oil syndrome and its late severe neuromuscular sequelae made only one reference to the occurrence of pulmonary hypertension after the acute illness. We have documented the clinical, hemodynamic, echocardiographic, and pathological features in 38 of 465 patients admitted to the Hospital Provinciale de Madrid with the acute sindrome toxico who then returned within two months with clinical evidence of pulmonary hypertension and right-heart failure.2 The clinical findings in these patients on admission included new exertional dyspnea (76 per cent), a prominent.
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U2 - 10.1056/NEJM198405103101914
DO - 10.1056/NEJM198405103101914
M3 - Letter
C2 - 6709034
AN - SCOPUS:0021319163
SN - 0028-4793
VL - 310
SP - 1260
EP - 1262
JO - New England Journal of Medicine
JF - New England Journal of Medicine
IS - 19
ER -