[A severe form of vitamin D deficiency with hypocalcemic cardiomyopathy].
The authors report on a case of cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure in an infant with severe hypocalcemia related to vitamin D deficient rickets. The heart failure was successfully treated with calcium gluconate and vitamin D, associated with dobutamide.
Yaseen
H
H
Unité de réanimation infantile, CHU Côte de Nacre, France.
Maragnes
P
P
Gandon-Laloum
S
S
Bensaid
P
P
N'Guyen
B
B
Ricaud
D
D
Lecacheux
C
C
D002125:Calcium Gluconate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D004562:Electrocardiography; D004872:Ergocalciferols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology*; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D012279:Rickets / Q000150:complications*; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy
D004872:Ergocalciferols; D002125:Calcium Gluconate
Une forme sévère de carence en vitamine D avec cardiomyopathie hypocalcémique.