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Infantile restrictive cardiomyopathy resulting from a mutation in the cardiac troponin T gene.
Pediatrics - 1 May 2006
Peddy Stacie B, Vricella Luca A, Crosson Jane E, Oswald Gretchen L, Cohn Ronald D, Cameron Duke E, Valle David, Loeys Bart L
Abstract excerpt
Here we report the first infantile case of restrictive cardiomyopathy caused by a de novo mutation of the cardiac troponin T gene. The patient presented with an apparent life-threatening event. She developed malignant arrhythmias and hemodynamic instability, requiring initial rescue support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation, and subsequently underwent insertion of a biventricular assist device (VAD). She...
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