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Left ventricular dysfunction/failure

De novo chronic, progressive or acute LV dysfunction/failure. May result from myocarditis or eosinophilic myocarditis. May cause congestive heart failure and/or pulmonary edema (see under II). Hypertension may be present. Symptoms range from worsening of preexisting LVF to acute cardiogenic pulmonary edema, shock or cardiopulmonary arrest. See also pulmonary edema under IId, and XIId, XIIf. Review at PMID 10193711, 16808550, 18083403, 21930637

Publications

Brennan E, Kahn A, Kopyt M, Khan A, Castillo R

Don't Go Vaping My Heart: A Case of Vaping-Associated Cardiomyopathy and Lung Injury.

Cureus 2023 Jul;15;e42723 — 2023 Jul — e42723

Amirahmadi R, Childress J, Patel S, Wagner LA

Electric cigarette-related lung injury and cardiovascular insult.

BMJ case reports 2021 Mar 05;14; — 2021 Mar 05