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- Title
Mitochondriopathy: a rare aetiology of restrictive cardiomyopathy.
- Authors
Thebault, Christophe; Ollivier, Romain; Leurent, Guillaume; Marcorelles, Pascale; Langella, Bernard; Donal, Erwan
- Abstract
When diagnosing a restrictive hypertrophied cardiomyopathy, most echocardiographists consider cardiac amyloidosis as a possible cause, especially after the appearance of ‘granular’ sparkling echoes on a transthoracic echocardiography. However, other infiltrative diseases (i.e. metabolic myopathies, Gaucher, Hunter's, and Hurler's diseases) or storage cardiomyopathies (haemochromatosis, Fabry's disease, glycogen storage, and Niemann–Pick disease) should be considered. In this paper, we report on another unusual cause of restrictive cardiomyopathy of which all cardiologists should be aware.
- Subjects
CARDIOMYOPATHIES; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DISEASES in older women; COCHLEAR implants; PERIODIC health examinations
- Publication
European Journal of Echocardiography, 2008, Vol 9, Issue 6, p840
- ISSN
1525-2167
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/ejechocard/jen189