CASE REPORT
Year : 2017  |  Volume : 11  |  Issue : 3  |  Page : 288-291

Recurrent heart failure in pulmonary tuberculosis patients on antitubercular therapy: A case of protector turning predator!


1 Consultant, Department of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
2 Senior Consultant & HOD, Department of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
3 Senior Consultant, Department of Pulmonary Critical Care & Sleep Medicine, Fortis Hospital, Vasant Kunj, New Delhi, India
4 Consultant, Department of Radiodiagnosis, The Mission Hospital, Durgapur, West Bengal, India

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DOI: 10.4103/1687-8426.211400

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Anti-tubercular drugs are associated some common and uncommon adverse effects. We report the association between cardiomyopathy and the use of anti-tubercular drugs. In the two cases described in the case report the different causes of cardiomyopathy are ruled out leading to the diagnosis of drug induced cardiomyopathy. The report also throws light on the various aspects of this association and the clinical implications.


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