Dilated cardiomyopathy as a first sign of nutritional vitamin D deficiency rickets in infancy.

  • 1 June 1999
    • journal article
    • case report
    • Vol. 15  (6) , 699-701
Abstract
A five-month-old boy presented with severe dilated cardiomyopathy, requiring intravenous inotropes as part of the initial management. He was found to have hypocalcemia due to vitamin D deficiency rickets. His cardiac function recovered completely after six months of vitamin D supplementation.

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