REVERSIBLE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN AN INFANT WITH UNRECOGNIZED CONGENITAL ADRENAL-HYPERPLASIA

Authors
BOSTON BA DEGROFF C HANNA CE RELLER M
Citation
Ba. Boston et al., REVERSIBLE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN AN INFANT WITH UNRECOGNIZED CONGENITAL ADRENAL-HYPERPLASIA, The Journal of pediatrics, 124(6), 1994, pp. 936-938
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Pediatrics
Journal title
The Journal of pediatrics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00223476
Volume
124
Issue
6
Year of publication
1994
Pages
936 - 938
Database
ISI
SICI code
0022-3476(1994)124:6<936:RCIAIW>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
We describe an infant who had a dilated cardiomyopathy and who was lat er found to have congenital adrenal hyperplasia. The cardiomyopathy re solved after replacement of glucocorticoid and mineralocorticoid. We b elieve that glucocorticoid deficiency may have played a direct role in the evolution of this cardiomyopathy.