Idiopathic Infantile Arterial Calcification: A Rare Cause of Sudden Unexpected Death in Childhood

Table 1

Long-term survivors with idiopathic infantile arterial calcification.

Author	Age at diagnosis	Sex	Family history	Followup; age/status	Cardiovascular findings	Treatment
Gleason et al. [2]	5 years	M	No	5 years/D	CHF	None
Gleason et al. [2]	2 months	M	Yes	5 years/A	NA	Steroid; Thyroid estrogen
Gleason et al. [2]	Birth	F	Yes	3 years/A	None	Diphosphonates
Gleason et al. [2]	2 weeks	F	No	7 years/A	Pulmonary stenosis	None
Gleason et al. [2]	3 weeks	F	No	22 years/A	Angina; myocardial infarction	Digoxin; Disopyramide
Gleason et al. [2]	10 days	M	No	2 years/A	CHF, HT	Diphosphonates; Digoxin
Gleason et al. [2]	Birth	M	Yes	6 years/A	Arterial calcifications	Digoxin; Diuretics
Rutsch et al. [3]	5 days	M	Yes	2,5 years/A	CHF	Antifailure; Diphosphonates
Sebire and Sheppard [4]	11 years	F	No	11 years/D∗	CHF	Dobutamine
Patel et al. [5]	2,5 years	F	No	4,5 years/A	Headaches; failure to thrive	Anti-failure
van der Sluis et al. [6]	Birth	M	Yes	25 years/A	None	Diphosphonates
Our case (2008)	5 years	F	No	5 years/D∗	CHF	None

CHF: cardiac heart failure; HT: hypertension; A: Alive; D: Dead; NA: nonavailable; ∗Acute myocardial infarction.