Keshan Disease: A Potentially Fatal Endemic Cardiomyopathy in Remote Mountains of China

Keshan Disease: A Potentially Fatal Endemic Cardiomyopathy in Remote Mountains of China

Keshan disease (KD) as an endemic, highly lethal cardiomyopathy, first reported in northeast China's Keshan County in 1935. The clinical manifestations of patients with KD include primarily congestive heart failure, acute heart failure, and cardiac arrhythmia. Even though some possible etiologi...

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Main Authors: Ying Shi, Wei Yang, Xianwen Tang, Quanhao Yan, Xiaojing Cai, Fenfang Wu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-03-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
Keshan disease
cardiomyopathy
endemic
etiological
environment
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.576916/full

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