We discuss the case of a 49 year old man who was admitted to the emergency department with acute heart failure. He suffered from severe alcoholism and malnutrition. His heart failure was of the high output type and the diagnosis beriberi, a disease caused by thiamine (vitamin B1) deficiency. The treatment consisted of intravenous administration of thiamine. The clinical response was spectacular with normalization of cardiac function within a few hours.
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