RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 An unusual presentation of metabolic cardiomyopathy due to Pompe's disease
JF Saudi Medical Journal
JO Saudi Med J
FD Prince Sultan Military Medical City
SP 338
OP 340
VO 23
IS 3
A1 Venugopalan, Poothirikovil
A1 Ahmed, Shakeel
A1 Rao, Vasudev T.
A1 Al-Hinai, Khalid M.
YR 2002
UL http://smj.org.sa/content/23/3/338.abstract
AB An Omani infant boy who presented in the neonatal period with cardiac failure secondary to hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is reported. He subsequently progressed to show features of a metabolic disorder with multisystem involvement and was diagnosed to have Type II glycogenosis (Pompe's disease). The differential diagnosis and management of metabolic cardiomyopathy are outlined.