Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a 2 Month-Old Infant: A Severe Form of Hypocalcemia With Vitamin D Deficient Rickets
Korean Circulation Journal
;
: 201-203, 2010.
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Dans Anglais
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ABSTRACT
Dilated cardiomyopathy, which mostly has an idiopathic etiology or is caused by genetic inheritance or infection, can cause irreversible congestive heart failure. Hypocalcemia is a rare etiology of reversible dilated cardiomyopathy. Here we report the case of a two-month-old girl with congestive heart failure who was diagnosed as having dilated cardiomyopathy secondary to hypocalcemia. After calcium and vitamin D replacement therapy, the patient showed a rapid reduction in hypocalcemic tetany and a rapid recovery of left ventricular function. The cause of the hypocalcemia was vitamin D deficient rickets. She was exclusively breast-fed as an infant, and her mother had a vitamin D deficiency and was diagnosed with osteomalacia.
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WPRIM (Pacifique occidental)
Sujet Principal:
Ostéomalacie
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Rachitisme
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Tétanie
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Vitamine D
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Carence en vitamine D
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Vitamines
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Testaments
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Cardiomyopathie dilatée
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Calcium
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Fonction ventriculaire gauche
Limites du sujet:
Humains
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Bébé
langue:
Anglais
Texte intégral:
Korean Circulation Journal
Année:
2010
Type:
Article
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