Dilated myocardiopathy secondary to coarctation of the aorta

Wilfredo Maltos Valdés; Gaspar Ulises Cáseres Papadakis; Arturo Gerardo Garza Alatorre; Isaías Rodríguez Balderrama

2004, Number 1

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Rev Mex Pediatr 2004; 71 (1)

Dilated myocardiopathy secondary to coarctation of the aorta

Wilfredo Maltos Valdés, Gaspar Ulises Cáseres Papadakis, Arturo Gerardo Garza Alatorre, Isaías Rodríguez Balderrama

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ABSTRACT

An infant case with dilated myocardiopathy due to aortic coarctation is reported. This clinical case is presented in order to emphasize the importance of an early diagnosis and the opportune treatment of these patients; a delay in the reparation of this cardiac anomaly is cause of a severe left ventricular dilatation and heart failure, making difficult its diagnosis.

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