A case of fatal mitochondrial cardiomyopathy.
We report a case of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy in a Japanese boy who presented with severe cardiac heart failure and died 6 days after admission. The onset of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy often occurs very early in childhood and has a rapid downward course.
Yokoyama
Utako
U
Department of Pediatrics, Saiseikai Yokohama Nanbu Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan.
Shibata
Toshimitsu
T
Yasui
Kiyoshi
K
Iwamoto
Mari
M
Takigiku
Kiyohiro
K
Yokota
Shunpei
S
D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004562:Electrocardiography; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D017240:Mitochondrial Myopathies / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology