Polycythemia vera

Polycythemia vera (PV) is an acquired myeloproliferative disorder characterized by an elevated absolute red blood cell mass caused by uncontrolled red blood cell production, frequently associated with uncontrolled white blood cell and platelet production.

Congestive heart failure

The presence of an abnormality of cardiac function that is responsible for the failure of the heart to pump blood at a rate that is commensurate with the needs of the tissues or a state in which abnormally elevated filling pressures are required for the heart to do so. Heart failure is frequently related to a defect in myocardial contraction.


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PMID (PMCID)
11034048
 FEMALE Middle Aged
Anagrelide-induced cardiomyopathy.
James CW.
Pharmacotherapy. 2000;20(10):1224-7.
A 48-year-old woman with polycythemia vera developed cardiotoxicity manifested by congestive heart failure and palpitations.
9583943
 MALE Middle Aged
[A case of dilated cardiomyopathy caused by myocardial microinfarcts in the course of polycythemia vera].
Konopka A, Stepinska J, Banaszewski M, Szajewski T.
Pol Merkur Lekarski. 1998;4(19):26-8.
The first symptom of polycythemia vera was acute congestive heart failure which suggested diagnosis of myocarditis.