A Case of Fatal Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy

Utako Yokoyama; Toshimitsu Shibata; Kiyoshi Yasui; Mari Iwamoto; Kiyohiro Takigiku; Shunpei Yokota

doi:10.1536/jhj.43.61

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A Case of Fatal Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy

Utako Yokoyama, Toshimitsu Shibata, Kiyoshi Yasui, Mari Iwamoto, Kiyohiro Takigiku, Shunpei Yokota

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Keywords: Cardiomyopathy, Mitochondrial abnormality, Cardiac hypertrophy, Cardiac dilatation, Electrocardiogram, Clinical course

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2002 Volume 43 Issue 1 Pages 61-67

DOI https://doi.org/10.1536/jhj.43.61

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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.

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