Cardiomyopathy in children with mitochondrial disease: Prognosis and genetic background

Cardiomyopathy is a reported indicator of poor prognosis in children with mitochondrial disease. However, the association between prognosis and the genetic background of cardiomyopathy in children with mitochondrial disease has yet to be fully elucidated.Of 137 children with mitochondrial disease whose genetic diagnosis was made between 2004 and 2018, 29 had mitochondrial cardiomyopathy (21%). After a median follow-up of 35 months, the overall...