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
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Case Reports
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Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
MeSH terms
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / diagnosis
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / etiology*
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Cardiomyopathy, Hypertrophic / pathology
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Child, Preschool
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Electrocardiography
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Fatal Outcome
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Humans
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Male
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Mitochondrial Myopathies / diagnosis
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Mitochondrial Myopathies / etiology*
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Mitochondrial Myopathies / pathology