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A case of an infant with compound heterozygous mutations for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy producing a phenotype of left ventricular noncompaction.
The Canadian journal of cardiology - 1 Oct 2014
Haberer Kim, Buffo-Sequeira Ilan, Chudley Albert E, Spriggs Elizabeth, Sergi Consolato
Abstract excerpt
A male infant was born to a 38-year-old G1P0 mother with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). Fetal echocardiography was suspicious for HCM; however, postnatal echocardiography demonstrated features consistent with left ventricular noncompaction (LVNC). The infant was initially stable but presented at 2 months of age in cardiogenic shock. On genetic analysis, both parents were heterozygous for mutations associated...
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