Abstract
Dilated Cardiomyopathy is the most common form of the cardiomyopathies in children accounting for a significant cause of morbidity and mortality as well as a common indication for heart transplant. Although dilated cardiomyopathy is a common indication for Cardiac transplantation, there are still treatable causes of dilated cardiomyopathy.
Highlights
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a primary myocardial disease characterized by varying degrees of left ventricular dysfunction and dilatation in the absence of chronic increased afterload or volume overload [1]
Rare causes of dilated cardiomyopathy such as tachycardia induced cardiomyopathy, anomalous origin of the left coronary artery arising from the pulmonary artery syndrome, Burns Cardiomyopathy and Adriamycin Induced Cardiomyopathy were documented in this study, all the patients with tarchycardia induced cardiomyopathy and burns cardiomyopathy recovered with medical treatment only
DCM is the most common form of the cardiomyopathies in children accounting for a significant cause of morbidity and mortality as well as a common indication for heart transplant [2,3]
Summary
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a primary myocardial disease characterized by varying degrees of left ventricular dysfunction and dilatation in the absence of chronic increased afterload or volume overload [1]. DCM is the most common form of the cardiomyopathies in children accounting for a significant cause of morbidity and mortality as well as a common indication for heart transplant [2,3]. It is most commonly diagnosed in younger children with an average age of two years in developed countries. Dilated Cardiomyopathy is the most common form of the cardiomyopathies in children accounting for a significant cause of morbidity and mortality as well as a common indication for heart transplant. We aim to document the cases seen in children in a tertiary Hospital in South-Western Nigeria over an eight year period, mode of treatment and their outcomes
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