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Cardiac Atrophy and Ventricular Function in Infants with Severe Protein Calorie Malnutrition (Kwashiorkor Disease)

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Pediatric Cardiology

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The deficiency of calories and proteins in Kwashiorkor disease (KWO) affects tissue protein and fat throughout the body with pronounced loss of depot fat and wasting of skeletal muscles [1]. This has led to consideration that the heart muscle might also be wasted, with subsequent disturbance of cardiac function [2].

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  1. Smythe PM, Swanepoel A, Campbell JAK. The heart in Kwashiorkor. Br Med J January 1, pp 67–73.

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  2. Heymsfield SB, Bethel RA, Ansley JD, Gibbs DM, Felner JM, Nutter DO. Cardiac abnormalities in cachectic patients before and during nutritional repletion. Am Heart J 95: 584–594, 1978.

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  1. Ibrahim Shoukry
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  2. Ahmed Safwat Shoukry
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  3. M. Mohsen Ibrahim
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  4. Nahed Fahmy
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  5. M. Aziz Madkour
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Editors and Affiliations

  1. New York University Medical Center, 10016, New York, New York, USA

    Eugenie F. Doyle M.D.

  2. Cornell University Medical Center, 10021, New York, New York, USA

    Mary Allen Engle M.D.

  3. Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center Babies Hospital, 10032, New York, New York, USA

    Welton M. Gersony M.D.

  4. Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 19104, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

    William J. Rashkind M.D.

  5. Yale University School of Medicine, 06510, New Haven, Connecticut, USA

    Norman S. Talner M.D.

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Shoukry, I., Shoukry, A.S., Ibrahim, M.M., Fahmy, N., Madkour, M.A., El Said, G. (1986). Cardiac Atrophy and Ventricular Function in Infants with Severe Protein Calorie Malnutrition (Kwashiorkor Disease). In: Doyle, E.F., Engle, M.A., Gersony, W.M., Rashkind, W.J., Talner, N.S. (eds) Pediatric Cardiology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8598-1_310

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