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Reversible hypertrophic cardiomyopathy associated with nesidioblastosis
J P Harris1, A T Ricker, R S Gray
1Department of Pediatrics, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, North Carolina.
The Journal of Pediatrics
|February 1, 1992
Abstract:
An infant with persistent hyperinsulinism had hypertrophic cardiomyopathy that progressed until near-total pancreatectomy was performed. After pancreatectomy the condition resolved. Hyperinsulinism may be a cause of treatable cardiomyopathy.