Abstract
Heart failure is a syndrome associated with high morbidity and mortality, mainly due to episodes of exacerbation or decompensation. Hypertensive heart disease is a cause of heart failure with a high prevalence in the world. Primary hyperaldosteronism is a cause of hypertension with increasing incidence, which, independent of hypertension, can lead to cardiomyopathy with all its consequences. This article presents the case of a fifty years old male patient with acute heart failure exacerbated with systolic dysfunction, associated with resistant hypertension and having as underlying pathology a condition of aldosterone hypersecretion (primary hyperaldosteronism).
Translated title of the contribution | Heart failure and primary hyperaldosteronism case report |
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Original language | Spanish |
Pages (from-to) | 142-147 |
Number of pages | 6 |
Journal | Revista Colombiana de Cardiologia |
Volume | 19 |
Issue number | 3 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2012 |
Externally published | Yes |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine