SEVERE POSTDUCTAL COARCTATION OF AORTA PRESENTING LIKE IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

SEVERE POSTDUCTAL COARCTATION OF AORTA PRESENTING LIKE IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY

Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in childhood can be due to many causes. It may be because of sequel of myocarditis, metabolic causes, storage disorder, congenital heart disease or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Severe left ventricular outflow obstruction can cause reversible severe left ve...

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Veröffentlicht in:Gomal journal of medical sciences 2017-06, Vol.15 (2), p.102
Hauptverfasser: Sandip Ghosh, Biswajit Majumder, Viral Tandel, Praveen Shukla, Prokash Chandra Bagchi
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Sprache:eng
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Aortic coarctation
Case studies
coarctation of aorta
Diagnosis
dilated cardiomyopathy
reversible left ventricular systolic dysfunction
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Zusammenfassung:Left ventricular systolic dysfunction in childhood can be due to many causes. It may be because of sequel of myocarditis, metabolic causes, storage disorder, congenital heart disease or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy. Severe left ventricular outflow obstruction can cause reversible severe left ventricular systolic dysfunction. Here we report a case of severe post-ductal coarctation of aorta presenting like dilated cardiomyopathy.
ISSN:1819-7973
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