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A case of acute heart failure associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome

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Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) is a disease of the peripheral nervous system, which is caused by aberrant immune responses directed against some components of peripheral nerves. GBS is rarely accompanied by cardiovascular involvement. We describe a case of acute neuropathy complicated by sudden heart failure and left ventricular dysfunction which had a presumably neurogenic origin. Pathogenesis of acute heart failure is probably due to transitorial stunned myocardium and neurogenic cardiac injury. We show a rare case of transitorial and acute cardiac dysfunction by echocardiography and laboratory markers of heart failure.

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Palazzuoli, A., Lenzi, C., Iovine, F. et al. A case of acute heart failure associated with Guillain-Barré syndrome. Neurol Sci 26, 447–450 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10072-006-0531-0

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