A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy

A 39-year-old man, painter by profession, presented with symptoms of heart failure. His work up was unrevealing except for elevated blood lead levels (BLL). He was started on guideline-directed medical therapy and was referred to occupational therapy. No improvement in his ejection fraction was note...

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Main Authors:	Shruti Hegde, MD, Michael Maysky, Abbas Zaidi, MD
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Elsevier 2020-08-01
Series:	JACC: Case Reports
Subjects:	cardiomyopathy global longitudinal strain lead toxicity myocarditis
Online Access:	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306136

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spelling	doaj-ebef6a6ab2a543adbcbf3fcad175622e2021-06-07T06:56:29ZengElsevierJACC: Case Reports2666-08492020-08-0121014961500A Rare Case of Lead-Induced CardiomyopathyShruti Hegde, MD0Michael Maysky1Abbas Zaidi, MD2Division of Cardiology, St.Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine, Brighton, Massachusetts; Address for correspondence: Dr. Shruti Hegde, Cardiovascular Division, Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Brighton, Massachusetts 02135.Division of Cardiology, St.Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine, Brighton, MassachusettsDepartment of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine, Brighton, MassachusettsA 39-year-old man, painter by profession, presented with symptoms of heart failure. His work up was unrevealing except for elevated blood lead levels (BLL). He was started on guideline-directed medical therapy and was referred to occupational therapy. No improvement in his ejection fraction was noted until his BLL decreased. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306136cardiomyopathyglobal longitudinal strainlead toxicitymyocarditis
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title	A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy
title_short	A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy
title_full	A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy
title_fullStr	A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy
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series	JACC: Case Reports
issn	2666-0849
publishDate	2020-08-01
description	A 39-year-old man, painter by profession, presented with symptoms of heart failure. His work up was unrevealing except for elevated blood lead levels (BLL). He was started on guideline-directed medical therapy and was referred to occupational therapy. No improvement in his ejection fraction was noted until his BLL decreased. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)
topic	cardiomyopathy global longitudinal strain lead toxicity myocarditis
url	http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666084920306136
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A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy

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