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European Heart Journal Advance Access published online on August 7, 2007
European Heart Journal, doi:10.1093/eurheartj/ehm344
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© The European Society of Cardiology 2007. All rights reserved. For Permissions, please e-mail: journals.permissions@oxfordjournals.org

An unusual cause of dyspnoea in an 83-year-old woman

Karin K.M. Chia*, Kanthale Kailanathan and Michael R. Ward

Department of Cardiology, Royal North Shore Hospital, Pacific Hwy, St Leonards, NSW 2065, Australia

* Corresponding author. Tel: +61 2 99268687; fax: +61 2 99067807. E-mail address: km_chia@yahoo.com

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An 83-year-old woman was referred for assessment of rapidly worsening dyspnoea, limiting mobility to 10 yards. She had a history of multiple potential sources of her dyspnoea: coronary artery disease (previous stenting of the right coronary artery, a chronic total occlusion of the mid left anterior descending artery, and 50% stenosis in the circumflex with normal left ventricular function), chronic obstructive airways disease requiring inhaled bronchodilators and steroids, and . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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