Dilated cardiomyopathy due to hypocalcaemic rickets: Is it always a reversible condition

Cardiology in the Young

Volumn 23, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 769-772

  Fabi, Marianna ^a   Gesuete, Valentina ^a   Petrucci, Roberta ^a   Ragni, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

Author keywords

dilated cardiomyopathy; Hypocalcaemia; infants; rickets; vitamin D

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; CARVEDILOL; ENALAPRIL; FUROSEMIDE; VITAMIN D;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CASE REPORT; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DYSPNEA; ECHOENCEPHALOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENDOCRINE FUNCTION TEST; FAINTNESS; FAMILY HISTORY; FEEDING DISORDER; FEMALE; HEART DISEASE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HUMAN; HYPOCALCEMIC RICKETS; INFANT; LABORATORY TEST; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; RICKETS; VITAMIN SUPPLEMENTATION;

CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOCALCEMIA; INFANT; MALE; RICKETS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VITAMIN D DEFICIENCY;

EID: 84883440844     PISSN: 10479511     EISSN: 14671107     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951112001850     Document Type: Article

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