Outpatient management of pediatric heart failure

Matthew J O'Connor; David N Rosenthal; Robert E Shaddy

doi:10.1016/j.hfc.2010.05.007

Outpatient management of pediatric heart failure

Heart Fail Clin. 2010 Oct;6(4):515-29, ix. doi: 10.1016/j.hfc.2010.05.007.

Authors

Matthew J O'Connor¹, David N Rosenthal, Robert E Shaddy

Affiliation

¹ Division of Cardiology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Center Boulevard, Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA. oconnorm@email.chop.edu

PMID: 20869651
DOI: 10.1016/j.hfc.2010.05.007

Abstract

The management of heart failure in children is becoming a specialized discipline within pediatric cardiology. Unlike the treatment of heart failure in adults, for which an extensive body of literature supports current treatment regimens, management of heart failure in children is largely guided by extrapolation from adult studies and expert opinion. This review focuses on the current state-of-the-art with respect to the outpatient management of heart failure in children.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / therapeutic use
Ambulatory Care
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors / therapeutic use
Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy
Cardiotonic Agents / therapeutic use
Child
Death, Sudden, Cardiac / prevention & control
Defibrillators, Implantable
Digoxin / therapeutic use
Diuretics / therapeutic use
Heart Defects, Congenital / therapy
Heart Failure / classification
Heart Failure / etiology
Heart Failure / therapy*
Humans

Substances

Adrenergic beta-Antagonists
Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitors
Cardiotonic Agents
Diuretics
Digoxin