A case of fatal mitochondrial cardiomyopathy

Jpn Heart J. 2002 Jan;43(1):61-7. doi: 10.1536/jhj.43.61.

Abstract

We report a case of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy in a Japanese boy who presented with severe cardiac heart failure and died 6 days after admission. The onset of mitochondrial cardiomyopathy often occurs very early in childhood and has a rapid downward course.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / etiology*
  • Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / pathology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Electrocardiography
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mitochondrial Myopathies / diagnosis
  • Mitochondrial Myopathies / etiology*
  • Mitochondrial Myopathies / pathology