Two cases of idiopathic infantile arterial calcification |
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| Authors: | Lindsay M Ryerson Roberto Chiletti Margaret Zacharin James Tibballs |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Current address: Pediatric Cardiology 4C2, 8440‐112 St. Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2B7, Canada.;2. Intensive Care Unit, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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| Abstract: | We present the clinical course and management of two infants with idiopathic infantile arterial calcification. Both had coronary artery involvement and presented with ischaemic cardiac failure. Neither responded well to conventional therapy with inotropic agents, glyceryl trinitrate, diuretic and mechanical ventilation, nor to short‐term biphosphonates. One was treated with levosimendan and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation to no avail. |
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| Keywords: | idiopathic infantile arterial calcification ischaemic heart failure biphosphonates |
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