A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy

Shruti Hegde, MD; Michael Maysky; Abbas Zaidi, MD

JACC: Case Reports (Aug 2020)

A Rare Case of Lead-Induced Cardiomyopathy

Shruti Hegde, MD,
Michael Maysky,
Abbas Zaidi, MD

Affiliations

Shruti Hegde, MD: Division of Cardiology, St.Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine, Brighton, Massachusetts; Address for correspondence: Dr. Shruti Hegde, Cardiovascular Division, Saint Elizabeth’s Medical Center, 736 Cambridge Street, Brighton, Massachusetts 02135.
Michael Maysky: Division of Cardiology, St.Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine, Brighton, Massachusetts
Abbas Zaidi, MD: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth’s Medical Center, Tufts School of Medicine, Brighton, Massachusetts

Journal volume & issue: Vol. 2, no. 10
pp. 1496 – 1500

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A 39-year-old man, painter by profession, presented with symptoms of heart failure. His work up was unrevealing except for elevated blood lead levels (BLL). He was started on guideline-directed medical therapy and was referred to occupational therapy. No improvement in his ejection fraction was noted until his BLL decreased. (Level of Difficulty: Intermediate.)

Published in JACC: Case Reports

ISSN: 2666-0849 (Online)
Publisher: Elsevier
Country of publisher: United States
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.journals.elsevier.com/jacc-case-reports

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