title: An infant with congenital nemaline myopathy and hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We describe an infant with nemaline myopathy accompanied by hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. The patient required long-term, intermittent positive-pressure ventilation after birth owing to muscle weakness, and cardiac failure developed during infancy. We diagnosed hypertrophic cardiomyopathy with outflow tract obstruction, and treated the heart failure with beta-adrenergic and angiotensin II receptor blockers. We discuss the prognosis of nemaline myopathy combined with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, Japanese Red Cross Katsushika Maternity Hospital, Tokyo, Japan. s4019@nms.ac.jp
authors.forename: Mizue
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakajima
authors.forename: Yoshio
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shima
authors.forename: Sakae
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kumasaka
authors.forename: Kentaro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuwabara
authors.forename: Makoto
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Migita
authors.forename: Yoshitaka
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Fukunaga
mesh_terms: D002312:Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D017696:Myopathies, Nemaline / Q000150:complications*