RT Book, Section
A1 Lin, Kimberly
A1 Bernadzikowski, Thomas
A1 Walker, Stephen
A1 Hanna, Brian
A1 Kaufman, Beth
A2 Gleason, Marie Murphy
A2 Rychik, Jack
A2 Shaddy, Robert
SR Print(0)
ID 56747733
T1 Chapter 13. Heart Failure, Cardiomyopathy, and Pulmonary Hypertension
T2 Pediatric Practice: Cardiology
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-176320-2
LK accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=56747733
RD 2024/04/19
AB Cardiac  physiology  in  a  normal  child  is  an  elegant  balance  requiring  many  components  to  work  on  an  interactive  basis.  In  children  with  congenital  or  acquired  heart  disease,  some  of  those  parts  do  not  function  properly  from  the  start;  others  develop  problems  with  time  or  under  duress.  This  chapter  begins  with  a  discussion  of  the  syndrome  of  heart  failure.  The  pathophysiology  of  heart  failure  is  reviewed,  followed  by  the  diagnosis  and  management  of  left  heart  failure  (including  heart  transplantation).  This  is  followed  by  a  more  detailed  discussion  of  the  primary  conditions  that  can  lead  to  heart  failure.  We  explore  the  diagnosis  and  management  of  various  forms  of  cardiomyopathy,  a  set  of  intrinsic  cardiac  muscle  disorders  with  often  overlapping  phenotypes.  Finally,  we  present  the  diagnosis  and  management  of  right  heart  failure  as  a  manifestation  of  pulmonary  hypertension.