Reversal of Cardiac Hypertrophy With a Ketogenic Diet in a Child With Mitochondrial Disease and Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.

ABSTRACT

Mitochondrial diseases are rare metabolic disorders that can cause hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. Herein we describe the case of a 3-year-old girl diagnosed with mitochondrial disease (mutation m.5559A>G in the mitochondrial-tRNATrp gene). Echocardiography showed left ventricular hypertrophy with an enlarged septum (9 mm, z score = 3.26). Antioxidant supplementation associated with a high-fat ketogenic diet was introduced and, as expected, improved neurologic status. In addition, heart parameters improved with normalisation of interventricular septum thickness at 6 years of age (6 mm, z score = 1.05). In this case report, we suggest that a ketogenic diet may improve hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in the context of mitochondrial disease.