Myocardial dysfunction due to hypocalcemia.
Hypocalcemia is a curable cause of myocardial dysfunction and clinical congestive cardiac failure, with only stray reports available in literature. We describe 15 infants presenting with severe left ventricular dysfunction, who were found to have hypocalcemia with or without hypomagnesemia. Vitamin D deficiency was identified as the main cause of hypocalcemia. These children improved on supplementation of vitamin D and calcium.
Department of Pediatrics and Congenital Heart Surgery, Escorts Heart Institute and Research Centre, Okhla Road, New Delhi 110 025, India. muneshtomar@yahoo.co.in
Munesh
M
Tomar
Sitaraman
S
Radhakrishnan
Savitri
S
Shrivastava
D002118:Calcium / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006996:Hypocalcemia / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000188:drug therapy; D007223:Infant; D008274:Magnesium / Q000097:blood; D008297:Male; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000097:blood* / Q000188:drug therapy; D014807:Vitamin D / Q000627:therapeutic use
D014807:Vitamin D; D008274:Magnesium; D002118:Calcium