[Acute progressive respiratory insufficiency caused by diffuse interstitial pulmonary disease in a diabetic patient with dilated myocardiopathy]. / Insufficienza respiratoria acuta progressiva da interstiziopatia polmonare diffusa insorta in diabetica con miocardiopatia dilatativa.
Ann Ital Med Int
; 4(3): 219-23, 1989.
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| ID: mdl-2702034
This report describes the case of a 70-year-old female suffering from diabetes mellitus and dilatative cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure. It is likely that alveolar-capillary membrane damage occurred apart from cardiac involvement. Diffuse interstitial pulmonary fibrosis subsequently occurred with consequent acute progressive respiratory failure and death. The cause of the damage to the alveolar-capillary membranes is still unknown and we thought that long-term administration of captopril might have contributed to the damage itself, since like all ACE-inhibitors, captopril is able to bring about tissular storage of both bradykinin and prostaglandins and therefore alter the pulmonary reactivity to phlogistic stimuli.
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Assunto principal:
Fibrose Pulmonar
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Insuficiência Respiratória
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Cardiomiopatia Dilatada
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Complicações do Diabetes
Limite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
It
Ano de publicação:
1989
Tipo de documento:
Article