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Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the leading causes of heart failure in children with diverse clinical characteristics. To date, DCM with a giant atrium as the first manifestation is rare and has not been reported in previous literature. We report a case of a male infant born with a significan...

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Autores principales: Wang, Benzhen, Shan, Guangsong, Bing, Zhen, Zhang, Qi, Xing, Quansheng, Li, Zipu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10050595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37008326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1083188
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author Wang, Benzhen
Shan, Guangsong
Bing, Zhen
Zhang, Qi
Xing, Quansheng
Li, Zipu
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description Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the leading causes of heart failure in children with diverse clinical characteristics. To date, DCM with a giant atrium as the first manifestation is rare and has not been reported in previous literature. We report a case of a male infant born with a significantly enlarged right atrium. Due to worsened clinical symptoms and the risk of arrhythmias and thrombosis, we performed the surgical reduction of the right atrium. Unfortunately, DCM and a progressive re-enlargement of the right atrium appeared during midterm follow-up. The mother's echocardiogram also suggested DCM, and the patient was eventually considered for a diagnosis of familial DCM. This case may expand the clinical spectrum of DCM and reminds us of the importance of good follow-up of children with idiopathic dilatation of the right atrium.
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spelling pubmed-100505952023-03-30 Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report Wang, Benzhen Shan, Guangsong Bing, Zhen Zhang, Qi Xing, Quansheng Li, Zipu Front Cardiovasc Med Cardiovascular Medicine Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the leading causes of heart failure in children with diverse clinical characteristics. To date, DCM with a giant atrium as the first manifestation is rare and has not been reported in previous literature. We report a case of a male infant born with a significantly enlarged right atrium. Due to worsened clinical symptoms and the risk of arrhythmias and thrombosis, we performed the surgical reduction of the right atrium. Unfortunately, DCM and a progressive re-enlargement of the right atrium appeared during midterm follow-up. The mother's echocardiogram also suggested DCM, and the patient was eventually considered for a diagnosis of familial DCM. This case may expand the clinical spectrum of DCM and reminds us of the importance of good follow-up of children with idiopathic dilatation of the right atrium. Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-03-15 /pmc/articles/PMC10050595/ /pubmed/37008326 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1083188 Text en © 2023 Wang, Shan, Bing, Zhang, Xing and Li. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.
spellingShingle Cardiovascular Medicine
Wang, Benzhen
Shan, Guangsong
Bing, Zhen
Zhang, Qi
Xing, Quansheng
Li, Zipu
Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report
title Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report
title_full Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report
title_fullStr Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report
title_full_unstemmed Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report
title_short Giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: A case report
title_sort giant right atrium in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy: a case report
topic Cardiovascular Medicine
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10050595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37008326
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fcvm.2023.1083188
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