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Case 3/2019 – Young Male with Intense Dyspnea, Pulmonary Infiltrate, Normal Cardiac Area and Obliteration of the Apical Portion of the Left Ventricle

Victor Sarli Issa et al. Luiz Alberto Benvenuti

Clinical aspects

This is the case of a young, male patient, smoker, who had hypothyroidism post-treatment with radioactive iodine, who sought medical care due to symptoms of dyspnea and cough for a week; these complaints had been preceded by chest pain at exertion two weeks before. The medical evaluation at the first consultation was notable for the presence of tachycardia and mild leukocytosis in the whole blood count.

The chest X-ray was normal despite the presence of dyspnea at rest. Interestingly, the ECG performed during a routine medical evaluation 11 months before symptom onset showed signs suggestive of heart disease, with left chamber overload.

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  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic Tobacco and Disorder
  • Diagnostic Imaging
  • Heart Failure/physiopatology
  • Hypercholesterolemia
  • Hypothyroidism
  • Inflammation
  • Pneumonia
  • Young Adult
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15/07/2019 DOI: 10.5935/abc.20190105 Views 1

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Issa VS, Benvenuti LA. Case 3/2019 – Young Male with Intense Dyspnea, Pulmonary Infiltrate, Normal Cardiac Area and Obliteration of the Apical Portion of the Left Ventricle. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia 2019;112(6):793-802.

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Issa, Victor Sarli; Benvenuti, Luiz Alberto. Case 3/2019 – Young Male with Intense Dyspnea, Pulmonary Infiltrate, Normal Cardiac Area and Obliteration of the Apical Portion of the Left Ventricle. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, v. 112, n. 6, p. 793-802, Jul. 2019.

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Issa, V. S., & Benvenuti, L. A. (2019). Case 3/2019 – Young Male with Intense Dyspnea, Pulmonary Infiltrate, Normal Cardiac Area and Obliteration of the Apical Portion of the Left Ventricle. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia, 112(6), 793-802.

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Issa, Victor Sarli and Benvenuti, Luiz Alberto. Case 3/2019 – Young Male with Intense Dyspnea, Pulmonary Infiltrate, Normal Cardiac Area and Obliteration of the Apical Portion of the Left Ventricle. Arquivos Brasileiros de Cardiologia [online]. 2019, vol. 112, n. 6, [cited 2026-10-14], pp. 793-802. Available from: <https://journals.cardiol.br/en/article/case-3-2019-young-male-with-intense-dyspnea-pulmonary-infiltrate-normal-cardiac-area-and-obliteration-of-the-apical-portion-of-the-left-ventricle/>. ISSN 0066-782X

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