Restrictive cardiomyopathy in childhood

Zeitschrift für Kardiologie
W KnirschD Kececioglu

Abstract

Restrictive cardiomyopathy is a rare heart muscle disease in childhood. By presenting a case report of a 15 year old adolescent, the aim of this article is to describe diagnosis, pathogenesis and therapy of restrictive cardiomyopathy. A review of the literature comprising pediatric studies on restrictive cardiomyopathy serves as a basis to discuss recommendations for therapeutic strategies in pediatric patients with this rare disease.

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