Authors: C Carrié H N Bui E Gerbaud F Vargas G Hilbert
Publish Date: 2011/03/11
Volume: 37, Issue: 7, Pages: 1223-1224
Abstract
We report the case of a 79yearold patient admitted to our medical intensive care unit with acute respiratory distress because of an amiodaroneinduced interstitial pneumonia for which refractory hypoxaemia required intubation Chronic ischaemic heart disease with 40 of left ventricular ejection fraction LVEF was controlled by medical treatment Although coronary angiography 1 year previously had shown severe stenosis of the left anterior artery no revascularization had been performed to date
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