title: Hypocalcemia nutritional rickets: a curable cause of dilated cardiomyopathy.
abstract: Dilated cardiomyopathy is an important cause of heart failure in children. Often it requires transplantation, but on rare occasions it is curable by micronutrient supplementation. Hypocalcemic nutritional rickets was found to be a cause for dilated cardiomyopathy in a 15-month-old child. The patient responded to calcium and vitamin D supplementation promptly and left ventricular systolic function normalized after 3 months of treatment. Nutritional rickets must the considered as an important curable cause for dilated cardiomyopathy among children especially in regions where nutritional rickets is still common.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pediatrics, PGIMER, Chandigarh, India. sanjay06verma@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Sanjay
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Verma
authors.forename: Alka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Khadwal
authors.forename: Kapil
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Chopra
authors.forename: Manoj
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rohit
authors.forename: Sunit
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Singhi
mesh_terms: D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*; D019587:Dietary Supplements; D004562:Electrocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000097:blood* / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D007223:Infant; D012279:Rickets / Q000150:complications* / Q000188:drug therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use; D014808:Vitamin D Deficiency / Q000150:complications*; D014815:Vitamins / Q000627:therapeutic use
chemical_list: D050071:Bone Density Conservation Agents; D014815:Vitamins; D014807:Vitamin D; D002118:Calcium