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J C Potier

Publications and source records attributed to J C Potier.

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PubMed1982

[Digitoxin poisoning. Accelerated elimination by administration of activated charcoal].

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Adolescent↗

PubMed1981

[Mitral valve insufficiency secondary to endocardial fibrosis associated with distomatosis].

A new case of assumed parasitic cardiac disease is reported once more; a 67 year old woman with a trematode injection presenting with mitral incompetence and left ventricular failure. Biventricular endomyocardial fibrosis predominating at the apex was diagnosed at angiography and confirmed at surgery. Mitral incompetence was related to retraction of the papillary muscles which were surrounded by fibrosis, the rest of the mitral apparatus being normal. There was no indication for endocardectomy and so, mitral valve replacement alone was performed. There are few previous reports of parasitic cardiac disease: one case of left ventricular endomyocardial fibrosis, one case of biventricular fibroplastic parietal endocarditis and one case of cardiomyopathy. This report emphasises the need for cardiac examination in patients with parasitic diseases.

Aged↗

PubMed1978

[Distomatosis and cardiac disease. Apropos of 2 new cases. Trials of classification and pathogenetic hypotheses].

The authors report two new cases of cardiac disease associated with distomatosis: one case of biventricular fibroblastic parietal endocarditis affecting mainly the left side in a young female of 26 years, and one case of cardiomyopathy with atrial endocardial fibrosis, affecting especially the left ventricle in a man of 47. Bearing in mind the five cases reported in the literature, the authors propose a classification of cardiac disorders supposed to be due to distomatosis using three groups (endocardial fibrosis, cardiomyopathy, myocarditis) and relate them to a common pathogenesis based on immuno-allergic theory.

Adult↗

PubMed1977