Cardiomyopathy of unknown etiology: Barth syndrome unrecognized

Congenital Heart Disease

Volumn 3, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 443-448

  Sweeney, Robert T ^a   Davis, Gregory J ^a   Noonan, Jacqueline A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Barth Syndrome; Cardiomyopathy; Clinical Features; Diagnosis; Mitochondrial Disease

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CAPTOPRIL; DIGOXIN; FUROSEMIDE; GENE PRODUCT; GUANOSINE; TAFAZZIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMMONIA BLOOD LEVEL; ANAMNESIS; APNEA; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BARTH SYNDROME; BRADYCARDIA; CARDIOMEGALY; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CASE REPORT; CESAREAN SECTION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CROHN DISEASE; ECHOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DELETION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE HYPERTROPHY; HEART VENTRICLE FIBRILLATION; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERAMMONEMIA; IDIOPATHIC DISEASE; INFANT; LACTIC ACIDOSIS; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MOTOR DEVELOPMENT; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NEONATAL RESPIRATORY DISTRESS SYNDROME; NEUTROPENIA; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PNEUMONIA; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; SUDDEN INFANT DEATH SYNDROME; SYSTOLIC HEART MURMUR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

AUTOPSY; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; GENETIC DISEASES, X-LINKED; GENETIC SCREENING; GROWTH DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MITOCHONDRIAL DISEASES; MUSCLE HYPOTONIA; NEUTROPENIA; SYNDROME;

EID: 56849093626     PISSN: 1747079X     EISSN: 17470803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-0803.2008.00226.x     Document Type: Article

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