Abstract:

A previously healthy 31-year-old male presented with worsening shortness of breath and petechial rash. Echo showed severe right-side heart failure with mid-systolic notching of the antegrade RV outflow Doppler envelope suggesting pulmonary arterial hypertension. An extensive workup revealed scurvy with a dramatic resolution of symptoms shortly after vitamin C supplementation.

JACC Case Reports Interim Editors-in-Chief 

Mary Norine Walsh, MD, MACC

Eric Bates, MD, MACC 

CME Editor 

Kenneth A. Ellenbogen, MD

Authors
Stephen Clarkson, MD

Important Dates

Date of Release: March 6, 2024 

Term of Approval/Date of CME/MOC Expiration: February 5, 2025