Cardiovascular system involvement of methylmalonic acidemia / 国际儿科学杂志

ABSTRACT

Methylmalonic acidemia is the most common disease of congenital organic acid metabolic disorders,and it is an autosomal recessive disease.The clinical manifestations of methylmalonic acidemia are non-specific.It is characterized by the neurological symptoms.Cardiovascular diseases have little been associated with methylmalonic acidemia.But,cardiovascular diseases including structural heart disease,pulmonary hypertension,cardiomyopathy,hypertension,arrhythmias,may cause rapid deterioration,or even sudden death.This paper is a review of cardiovascular diseases of methylmalonic acidemia.