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Original Article
Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy in Infant of Diabetic Mother.
Jeong Sam Jeon, Soo Chun Kim, Chong Woo Bae, Sung Ho Cha, Chang Il Ahn
Clin Exp Pediatr. 1989;32(8):1138-1143.   Published online August 31, 1989
Generally, infant of diabetic mother (IDM) have complex multisystems disease resulting in a high incidence of perinatal morbidity and mortality. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM)-IDM appears as the early onset, transient and non-familial cariomyopathy in neonatal period. The etiology of the left ventricular outflow obstruction in these neonates is not clear. But, it is possible that the asymmetrical septal hypertrophy was a manifestation of the generalized...