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Pulmonary oedema with shock induced by hydrochlorothiazide: a rare side effect mimicking myocardial infarction
A Høegholm1, S W Rasmussen, K S Kristensen
1Department of Internal medicine, County Central Hospital, Naestved, Denmark.
British Heart Journal
|March 1, 1990
Abstract:
The case of a 68 year old man in whom hydrochlorothiazide induced pulmonary oedema with hypovolaemic shock is presented. The condition was misdiagnosed as myocardial infarction until an early echocardiogram excluded a cardiac cause. The diagnosis was confirmed by an oral challenge.