{
  "abstract": "Cardiomyopathy secondary to severe vitamin D deficiency is an under-recognised cause of heart failure in the paediatric population. There is growing evidence to show that vitamin D plays a crucial role in maintaining normal cardiac function due to the vitamin D receptors found on cardiac myocytes and calcitriol-dependent Ca2+-binding protein. This article presents the case of an infant who presented to a district general hospital paediatric emergency department in cardiogenic shock and was later diagnosed with severe vitamin D deficiency-associated cardiomyopathy.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Francesca Dhushanthi Simon"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "St Thomas’ Hospital, London, UK"
      ],
      "name": "James Wong"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Princess Royal University Hospital, Orpington, UK"
      ],
      "name": "Shahid Karim"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Vitamin D deficiency-associated cardiomyopathy in the paediatric population",
  "uid": "74beaad6-734d-591d-9600-50ec9af45340"
}