title: An unusual presentation of metabolic cardiomyopathy due to Pompe's disease.
abstract: An Omani infant boy who presented in the neonatal period with cardiac failure secondary to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is reported. He subsequently progressed to show features of a metabolic disorder with multisystem involvement and was diagnosed to have Type II glycogenosis (Pompe's disease). The differential diagnosis and management of metabolic cardiomyopathy are outlined.
authors.affiliation: Department of Child Health, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman. gopalax@omantel.net.com
authors.forename: Poothirikovil
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Venugopalan
authors.forename: Shakeel
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ahmed
authors.forename: Vasudev T
authors.initials: VT
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Khalid M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Al-Hinai
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006009:Glycogen Storage Disease Type II / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D014463:Ultrasonography