International Journal of Medical Research & Health Sciences (IJMRHS)
ISSN: 2319-5886 Indexed in: ESCI (Thomson Reuters)
C.V.S. Lakshmi
Department of Pediatrics, Deccan College of Medical Sciences (DCMS)-Princess Esra Hospital, Hyderabad, IndiaPublications
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Research
Asymmetrical Septal Hypertrophy: A rare case of respiratory distress in an Infant of a Diabetic Mother
Author(s): Syed Adnan Ali*, C.V.S. Lakshmi and U. Narayan Reddy
Introduction: Cardiomyopathy is a disease that affects the myocardium and causes mechanical or electric dysfunction. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy comprises of various cardiac components such as thickening of ventricular walls, hypertrophy of inter-ventricular septum thereby resulting in sub-aortic stenosis, systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction. This cardiac complication is a known but rare entity in infants of diabetic mothers wherein the clinical presentation ranges from being asymptomatic to respiratory distress to congestive cardiac failure. Incidence of Congenital Heart Disease in infants of Diabetic Mothers is 5% and the percentage of symptomatic HOCM babies is 12%. Case Report: We report a term neonate, born to a G2P2L2 mother with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus with poor glycemic control, presenting with respiratory distress manifesting as silent tachypnea at 24 hours of life, d.. Read More»
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