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Fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an infant of a diabetic mother

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The case is reported of a male infant with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), attributed to maternal diabetes, who, contrary to the usually good prognosis of this condition, died at 11 weeks of age. The clinical, echocardiographic, and pathological findings were indistinguishable from familial HCM, except for the lesser degree of myocardial fiber disarray on microscopic examination.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michael's Hill, BS2 8BJ, Bristol, UK

    J. N. McMahon & P. J. Berry

  2. Department of Paediatric Cardiology, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, St Michael's Hill, BS2 8BJ, Bristol, UK

    H. S. Joffe

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  1. J. N. McMahon
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McMahon, J.N., Berry, P.J. & Joffe, H.S. Fatal hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in an infant of a diabetic mother. Pediatr Cardiol 11, 211–212 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02238369

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