TY - JOUR
T1 - Understanding and treatment of heart failure
AU - Barker, Jennifer
AU - Williams, Charles
AU - Tulloh, Robert
PY - 2009/1/1
Y1 - 2009/1/1
N2 - Despite ever-improving management options, paediatric heart failure continues to be a significant global health problem. The young age of presentation increases the number of causes of heart failure, which include congenital defects, primary or secondary heart muscle disease and high output systemic failure. Therapy is aimed towards correcting the underlying cause, or at least halting symptoms and progression. Recent drug trials have highlighted the importance of paediatric randomised control trials to determine the effectiveness of established adult heart failure medications in children, in whom the underlying pathology is different. This review aims to describe the main causes and treatments of heart failure in children.
AB - Despite ever-improving management options, paediatric heart failure continues to be a significant global health problem. The young age of presentation increases the number of causes of heart failure, which include congenital defects, primary or secondary heart muscle disease and high output systemic failure. Therapy is aimed towards correcting the underlying cause, or at least halting symptoms and progression. Recent drug trials have highlighted the importance of paediatric randomised control trials to determine the effectiveness of established adult heart failure medications in children, in whom the underlying pathology is different. This review aims to describe the main causes and treatments of heart failure in children.
KW - cardiomyopathy
KW - heart muscle
KW - inotrope medication
KW - left ventricle dysfunction
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/57849094954
U2 - 10.1016/j.paed.2008.10.005
DO - 10.1016/j.paed.2008.10.005
M3 - Review article (Academic Journal)
AN - SCOPUS:57849094954
SN - 1751-7222
VL - 19
SP - 1
EP - 8
JO - Paediatrics and Child Health
JF - Paediatrics and Child Health
IS - 1
ER -