[Histiocytoid cardiomyopathy. A rare cause of ventricular tachycardia and sudden cardiac death in small children].
We present a case of a previously healthy 14-month-old girl with malignant ventricular tachycardia, which developed in relation to acute gastroenteritis. Autopsy revealed histiocytoid cardiomyopathy.
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Storstrømmens Sygehus, Naestved, Paediatrisk Afdeling, og H:S Rigshospitalet, Patologiafdelingen og Paediatrisk Klinik I. aksglaede@dadlnet.dk
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Jacobsen
Joes Ramsøe
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D009202:Cardiomyopathies / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D016757:Death, Sudden, Cardiac / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006644:Histiocytes / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D017180:Tachycardia, Ventricular / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology