Leung Ying Ying, Tang Kam Shing, Tsang Chiu Chi, Chan Chi Kin, Wong Kwan Keung, Yu Alex Wai-yin
Department of Medicine and Geriatrics, Tai Po Hospital, Hong Kong SAR.
MedGenMed. 2006 Nov 8;8(4):29.
We report a case of pulmonary hypertension presenting with sudden cardiac arrest, hyperthyroidism and fenfluramine usage. This fatal case of pulmonary hypertension and valvular heart disease is associated with the use of an anorectic drug that had been withdrawn from the market more than eight years ago. Clinicians should alert to the side effects of appetite suppressant and slimming agents. The association between pulmonary hypertension in relation to hyperthyroidism and fenfluramine usage is reviewed.