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Debmalya Sanyal1, Moutusi Raychaudhuri.
Abstract
Hypocalcemia is a rare reversible cause of dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) and congestive heart failure; however, there are few reported cases, especially in infants. We describe 12 infants presenting with DCM and congestive cardiac failure who were found to have hypocalcemia. Vitamin D deficiency was the cause of hypocalcemia in all cases. The infants improved on supplementation with vitamin D and calcium.Entities:
Keywords: Dilated cardiomyopathy; hypocalcaemia; vitamin D deficiency
Year: 2013 PMID: 24251165 PMCID: PMC3830311 DOI: 10.4103/2230-8210.119578
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian J Endocrinol Metab ISSN: 2230-9500