A 33-year-old Caribbean woman, with a medical history of Crohn's disease, was admitted
for acute heart failure (New York Heart Association class IV). Echocardiography showed
a dilated left ventricle, low ejection fraction (30%), and a severe aortic regurgitation
secondary to dilation of the aortic root.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: January 02, 2014
Accepted:
December 21,
2013
Received:
November 17,
2013
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© 2014 Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
