title: Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase Deficiency in an Infant with Dilated Cardiomyopathy.
abstract: We report about an infant affected by dilated cardiomyopathy (CMP) in whom metabolic investigations evidenced medium-chain-acyl-CoA dehydrogenase deficiency (MCADD), that is one of three types of inherited disorders of mitochondrial fatty-acid beta-oxidation. Long-chain and very long-chain 3-hydroxyacyl-coenzyme A dehydrogenase deficits are recognized as responsible of hypertrophic or, less frequently, dilated cardiomyopathy (CMP) in childhood. Otherwise, to our knowledge, no case of MCADD associated to dilated CMP has been reported in literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Azienda Ospedaliera "Villa Sofia & CTO", 90149 Palermo, Italy.
authors.forename: Marcello
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Marcì
authors.forename: Patrizia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ajovalasit