Article
Fabry disease with early-onset ventricular dilation: A case report.
Medicine - 25 Sept 2020
Tang Jia, Wu Chao, Cao Jian, Wang Liang
Abstract excerpt
RATIONALE: The most common cardiac involvement of Fabry disease (FD) is left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), which usually occurs in male patients over the age of 30. In rare cases, it can progress to ventricular dilation in the late stage of the disease. PATIENT CONCERNS: A 16-year-old boy presenting with recurrent extremity pain and chest distress was admitted to our hospital. Imaging examinations revealed...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Aftercare
- Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
- Dilatation, Pathologic
- Echocardiography
- Electrocardiography
- Enzyme Replacement Therapy
- Fabry Disease
- Fosinopril
- Humans
- Hypertrophy, Left Ventricular
