@article{article_481953, title={Idiopatic Infantile Arterial Calcification: Echocardiography Diagnosis and Successful Treatment}, journal={Medical Research Reports}, volume={2}, pages={27–28}, year={2019}, author={Onal, Hasan and Topal, Neval and Yıldız, Melek and Aydın, Banu and Dindar, Aygün}, keywords={Arterial Calcification}, abstract={<p> </p> <p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <span style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">Idiopathic
infantile arterial calcification </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">is
rare disease characterized by medial calcification and intimal proliferation of
large and medium size arteries (1). </span> <span style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Prenatal prezantation is usually with nonimmune
hidrops and polyhydamnios (2). Although the clinical characteristics in
neonatal period is variable, respiratory distress with cardiac failure is the
most common finding. Hypertension due to poor compliance caused by diffuse
arterial calcification of the vessels is present in most patients. </span> <span style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span> </p> <p> </p> <p style="margin:0px;text-align:justify;line-height:200%;"> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">Clinical experience in treating this rare disorder is
limited. We present a neonatal case with </span> <span style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;">Idiopathic infantile
arterial calcification </span> <span lang="en-us" style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;" xml:lang="en-us">
who was treated with etidronate disodium, successfully. </span> <span style="margin:0px;line-height:200%;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;font-size:12pt;"> </span> </p> <p> <b> </b> <i> </i> <u> </u> <sub> </sub> <sup> </sup> <strike> </strike> <font size="3"> </font> <font face="Times New Roman"> </font> <br /> </p>}, number={1}, publisher={M. Tayyib KADAK}