title: Reversible cardiomyopathy subsequent to perinatal infection with the human immunodeficiency virus.
abstract: We describe a patient with advanced perinatal acquired immunodeficiency syndrome who had early clinical manifestation of severe dilated cardiomyopathy with congestive heart failure. The picture was completely reversed after six years treatment and follow-up, and the child is now doing well at the age of seven, with normal left ventricular dimension and contractility as shown by echodopplercardiography. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of full recovery from cardiomyopathy in children with perinatally acquired infection by the human immunodeficiency virus.
authors.affiliation: Hospital São Paulo, Escola Paulista de Medicina, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maria Suely Bezerra
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Diógenes
authors.forename: Antonio Carlos Camargo
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Carvalho
authors.forename: Regina Célia de Menezes
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Succi
mesh_terms: D000163:Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome / Q000150:complications*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology*; D002648:Child; D015150:Echocardiography, Doppler; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D015497:HIV-1; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D013997:Time Factors