Hereditary Hemochromatosis Complicated With Severe Heart Failure:a Case Report

VernacularTitle:遗传性血色病并发严重心力衰竭一例
Author: Guannan LI ¹ ; Jianzhou CHEN ; Xiang WU ; Fan YANG ; Xiaoting WU ; Andi XU ; Dan MU ; Qiguo ZHANG ; Rong GU ; Biao XU ; Lian WANG
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1. 南京大学医学院附属鼓楼医院心血管内科,南京 210008
Keywords: hereditary hemochromatosis; heart failure; transferrin receptor 2; iron depletion therapy
From: Chinese Circulation Journal 2024;39(10):1028-1032
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Hereditary hemochromatosis is a rare autosomal genetic disorder that can cause multi-organ dysfunction in the liver,pancreas,spleen,heart and pituitary gland,with diverse clinical manifestations,make the diagnosis difficult.In recent years,with the deepening of clinical understanding and the development of genetic diagnosis tools,the diagnostic rate of this disease has increased significantly.In this paper,we report a case of hereditary hemochromatosis type 3 involving multiple organs and complicated by severe heart failure,aiming to improve the clinicians'understanding of this disease and reduce the leakage and misdiagnosis.