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Abdominal complaints as a common first presentation of heart failure in adolescents with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Hollander SA, Addonizio LJ, Chin C, Lamour JM, Hsu DT, Bernstein D, Rosenthal DN. Am J Emerg Med. 2013; 31 (4): 684-6

We hypothesized that isolated gastrointestinal complaints (abdominal pain, nausea, anorexia, weight loss), in the absence of other symptoms, were a common mode of initial presentation in children with congestive heart failure (CHF).

PubMedID: 23380118