Dilated Cardiomyopathy in a 2 Month-Old Infant: A Severe Form of Hypocalcemia With Vitamin D Deficient Rickets
Korean Circulation Journal
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: 201-203, 2010.
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em Inglês
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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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Assunto principal:
Osteomalacia
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Raquitismo
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Tetania
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Vitamina D
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Deficiência de Vitamina D
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Vitaminas
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Testamentos
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Cardiomiopatia Dilatada
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Cálcio
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Função Ventricular Esquerda
Limite:
Humanos
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Lactente
Idioma:
Inglês
Revista:
Korean Circulation Journal
Ano de publicação:
2010
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