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- Title
Hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy presenting as cardiogenic shock.
- Authors
Gupta, Pankaj; Tomar, Munesh; Radhakrishnan, Sitaraman; Shrivastava, Savitri
- Abstract
Hypocalcemia is a less known but treatable cause for dilated cardiomyopathy, leading to severe heart failure in children. Cardiogenic shock related to hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy is a rare event. We describe 5 infants presenting with cardiogenic shock over 3 years, who were found to have severe hypocalcemia as a sole cause of myocardial dysfunction. The patients responded to calcium and vitamin D supplementation promptly and left ventricular systolic function normalized within months of treatment. In any case of cardiogenic shock, hypocalcemia should be included in the differential diagnosis and must be investigated.
- Subjects
INDIA; CARDIOGENIC shock; CARDIOMYOPATHIES; BLOOD testing; CALCIUM; CHEST X rays; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPOCALCEMIA; MEDICAL records; MICROBIAL sensitivity tests; CHILDREN; THERAPEUTICS; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases risk factors
- Publication
Annals of Pediatric Cardiology, 2011, Vol 4, Issue 2, p152
- ISSN
0974-2069
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.4103/0974-2069.84655