Tapioca Cardiomyopathy: Curse of Cassava Endomyocardial Fibrosis
Prem Krishna Anandan, Patel Jigarkumar Shukkarbhai, Jimmy George, Prabhavathi Bhatt, Cholenahally Nanjappa Manjunath
Abstract
Tropical endomyocardial fibrosis is a rare entity in the present era. Restrictive cardiomyopathy due to tapioca consumption is very rare, although it has been reported in India, especially in state of Kerala. We report a rare case of restrictive cardiomyopathy secondary to tapioca consumption in a 20-year-old male patient.
Cardiol Res. 2015;6(2):260-262
doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/cr394w
Keywords
Endomyocardial fibrosis; Tapioca; Restrictive cardiomyopathy
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