Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency

Adrenal insufficiency is a rare cause of heart failure. We describe a young patient who presented with new-onset biventricular systolic heart failure due to primary adrenal insufficiency. The patient was initiated on hydrocortisone, with rapid improvement of both left and right ventricular systolic...

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Main Authors:	Ankita Devareddy, BA, Konrad Teodor Sawicki, MD, PhD, Lubna Choudhury, MD, Jane E. Wilcox, MD, MS
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-03-01
Series:	JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:	autoimmune echocardiography systolic heart failure
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920300425

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spelling	doaj-0203b97a0db743caa94a6f990fdd94ed2021-06-07T06:55:32ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492020-03-0123411413Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal InsufficiencyAnkita Devareddy, BA0Konrad Teodor Sawicki, MD, PhD1Lubna Choudhury, MD2Jane E. Wilcox, MD, MS3Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IllinoisDivision of Cardiology, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IllinoisDivision of Cardiology, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IllinoisDivision of Cardiology, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, Illinois; Address for correspondence: Dr. Jane E. Wilcox, Division of Cardiology, Bluhm Cardiovascular Institute, Northwestern Memorial Hospital, 676 North Saint Clair Street, Suite 600, Chicago, Illinois 60611.Adrenal insufficiency is a rare cause of heart failure. We describe a young patient who presented with new-onset biventricular systolic heart failure due to primary adrenal insufficiency. The patient was initiated on hydrocortisone, with rapid improvement of both left and right ventricular systolic function. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920300425autoimmuneechocardiographysystolic heart failure
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author	Ankita Devareddy, BA Konrad Teodor Sawicki, MD, PhD Lubna Choudhury, MD Jane E. Wilcox, MD, MS
spellingShingle	Ankita Devareddy, BA Konrad Teodor Sawicki, MD, PhD Lubna Choudhury, MD Jane E. Wilcox, MD, MS Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency JACC: Case Reports autoimmune echocardiography systolic heart failure
author_facet	Ankita Devareddy, BA Konrad Teodor Sawicki, MD, PhD Lubna Choudhury, MD Jane E. Wilcox, MD, MS
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title	Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
title_short	Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
title_full	Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
title_fullStr	Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
title_full_unstemmed	Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency
title_sort	reversible biventricular heart failure due to primary adrenal insufficiency
publisher	Elsevier
series	JACC: Case Reports
issn	2666-0849
publishDate	2020-03-01
description	Adrenal insufficiency is a rare cause of heart failure. We describe a young patient who presented with new-onset biventricular systolic heart failure due to primary adrenal insufficiency. The patient was initiated on hydrocortisone, with rapid improvement of both left and right ventricular systolic function. (Level of Difficulty: Beginner.)
topic	autoimmune echocardiography systolic heart failure
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920300425
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Reversible Biventricular Heart Failure Due to Primary Adrenal Insufficiency

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