title: Pediatric cardiac beriberi: 3 different presentations.
abstract: The authors report 3 cases of pediatric cardiac beriberi at Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health during the last 10-year-period. The first two cases presented classically while the third case came with an unusual presentation. Cardiac beriberi is an old disease in modern Bangkok which can present in as several different clinical patterns. The diagnosis needs a high index of suspicion. Echocardiographic findings of right heart dysfunction and dramatic response to intravenous thiamine are diagnostic.
authors.affiliation: Queen Sirikit National Institute of Child Health, Department of Medical Services, Thailand. chaisit_s@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Chaisit
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Sangtawesin
authors.forename: Somsak
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Leartveravat
mesh_terms: D001602:Beriberi / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000503:physiopathology; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008297:Male; D013831:Thiamine / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014463:Ultrasonography; D018497:Ventricular Dysfunction, Right / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000209:etiology / Q000503:physiopathology; D014803:Vitamin B Complex / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D014803:Vitamin B Complex; D013831:Thiamine