Cataract and cardiomyopathy: A rare syndrome characterized by the association of congenital cataracts, heart muscle disease, lactic acidosis and skeletal muscle disease. The disorder involves the abnormal storage of lipids and glycogen in the skeletal and heart muscles. The cataracts progress rapidly and require surgery. The severity of the disorder ranges from stillbirth to survival into the fourth decade. More detailed information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of Cataract and cardiomyopathy is available below.
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Prognosis for Cataract and cardiomyopathy: death may occur in around the time of birth or during early adulthood due to the heart disease - the oldest survivor recorded was 37 years old
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Cataract and cardiomyopathy is listed as a "rare disease" by the Office of
Rare Diseases (ORD) of the National Institutes of Health
(NIH). This means that Cataract and cardiomyopathy, or a subtype of Cataract and cardiomyopathy,
affects less than 200,000 people in the US population.
Source - National Institutes of Health (NIH)
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