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Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant

Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP) remains a life threatening disease in young patients and is often difficult to differentiate from myocarditis. Early recognition and treatment of DCMP are crucial for good prognoses in this patient population. The clinical course of patients with DCMP that result in car...

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Autores principales: Lee, Ji Eun, Oh, Jin-Hee, Lee, Jae Young, Koh, Dae Kyun
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Society of Echocardiography 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25031799
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.2.84
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description Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP) remains a life threatening disease in young patients and is often difficult to differentiate from myocarditis. Early recognition and treatment of DCMP are crucial for good prognoses in this patient population. The clinical course of patients with DCMP that result in cardiogenic shock varies according to the etiology as well as patient age. The volumetric expansion of the enlarged heart can compress adjacent structures causing a number of related symptoms, especially in infants with soft cartilaginous bronchi. Therapeutic strategies for treating these issues vary according to the type of complication encountered. We report a case of severe DCMP with sudden onset of massive cardiomegaly with heart failure complicated by bronchial obstruction in an infant.
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spelling pubmed-40966702014-07-16 Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant Lee, Ji Eun Oh, Jin-Hee Lee, Jae Young Koh, Dae Kyun J Cardiovasc Ultrasound Case Report Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCMP) remains a life threatening disease in young patients and is often difficult to differentiate from myocarditis. Early recognition and treatment of DCMP are crucial for good prognoses in this patient population. The clinical course of patients with DCMP that result in cardiogenic shock varies according to the etiology as well as patient age. The volumetric expansion of the enlarged heart can compress adjacent structures causing a number of related symptoms, especially in infants with soft cartilaginous bronchi. Therapeutic strategies for treating these issues vary according to the type of complication encountered. We report a case of severe DCMP with sudden onset of massive cardiomegaly with heart failure complicated by bronchial obstruction in an infant. Korean Society of Echocardiography 2014-06 2014-06-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4096670/ /pubmed/25031799 http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.2.84 Text en Copyright © 2014 Korean Society of Echocardiography http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant
title Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant
title_full Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant
title_fullStr Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant
title_full_unstemmed Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant
title_short Massive Cardiomegaly due to Dilated Cardiomyopathy Causing Bronchial Obstruction in an Infant
title_sort massive cardiomegaly due to dilated cardiomyopathy causing bronchial obstruction in an infant
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4096670/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25031799
http://dx.doi.org/10.4250/jcu.2014.22.2.84
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