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ea0024p29 | (1) | BSPED2010

Cardiac abnormalities in children with congenital hyperinsulinism (CHI)

Petkar AS , Ciotti G , Rigby L , Patel L , Ehtisham S , Clayton P E , Banerjee I , Skae M , Didi M , Blair J

Congenital hyperinsulinism of Infancy (CHI) can be associated with cardiac problems such as septal hypertrophy and reversible hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (Breitweser et al. 1980, Harris et al. 1992); however, the prevalence and range of cardiac abnormalities in CHI has not been well investigated.Aims and methods: With National Research Ethics Service approval and consent, we retrospectively reviewed the prevalence of cardiac abnormalities in 48 children ...