Sub-aortic obstruction of left ventricular outflow tract secondary to benfluorex-induced endocardial fibrosis
Patients exposed to benfluorex have an increased risk of restrictive organic valvular heart disease. Aortic and mitral regurgitations caused by fibrotic valve disease are the most common features observed in exposure to fenfluramine derivatives in general and benfluorex in particular. We report here...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2015-12-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Cardiology: Heart & Vasculature |
| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2352906715300294 |