Hypocalcaemia and vitamin D deficiency: An important but preventable, cause of life-threatening infant heart failure

Heart

Volumn 94, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 581-584

  Maiya, S ^a   Sullivan, I ^a   Allgrove, J ^a   Yates, R ^a   Malone, M ^a   Brain, C ^a   Archer, N ^b   Mok, Q ^a   Daubeney, P ^c   Tulloh, R ^d   Burch, M ^a  

^a GREAT ORMOND STREET HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL BROMPTON AND HAREFIELD NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^d GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

25 HYDROXYVITAMIN D; ALFACALCIDOL; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; CALCIUM; COLECALCIFEROL; ERGOCALCIFEROL; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PHOSPHATE;

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE BLOOD LEVEL; ARTICLE; ASSISTED VENTILATION; CALCIUM BLOOD LEVEL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE MARKER; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ETHNICITY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; FORWARD HEART FAILURE; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE CELL; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PERICARDIAL EFFUSION; PHOSPHATE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RICKETS; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CALCIUM; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PREGNANCY; RECEPTORS, CALCITRIOL; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 42549115771     PISSN: 13556037     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/hrt.2007.119792     Document Type: Article

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