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This case report discusses a 2-week-old female who infant presented with acute decompensated left ventricular failure
Abstract:
A 2-week-old female infant presented with acute decompensated left ventricular failure. Echocardiography diagnosed left ventricular noncompaction cardiomyopathy with dilated phenotype and a left ventricular shortening fraction <10%. The infant was mechanically ventilated for 2 weeks and then successfully extubated. She was maintained on intravenous milrinone for 6 months until she more...
International Classification:
Diseases of the circulatory system - Report
Categories:
acute decompensated left ventricular failure
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Pediatr Cardiol,
Vol: 28 Page: 317-8 2007 Jul-Aug
C. J. McMahon; H. Murchan; T. Prendiville; M. Burch
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The aim of this study was to examine the incidence and outcome of heart muscle disease-induced heart failure in children
Abstract:
BACKGROUND: We undertook the first prospective, national, multicenter study to describe the incidence and outcome of heart muscle disease-induced heart failure in children. METHODS AND RESULTS: Data were collected on patients admitted to a hospital through 2003 with a first episode of heart failure in the absence of congenital heart disease. All 17 pediatric cardiac centers in the more...
International Classification:
Other - heart muscle disease-induced heart failure
Categories:
heart muscle disease-induced heart failure
Geography:
Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom
Circulation,
Vol: 117 Page: 79-84 2008
R. E. Andrews; M. J. Fenton; D. A. Ridout; M. Burch
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This study examined studied the effect of ischaemic heart disease, diagnosed prior to transplantation, on the renal function of recipients who survived more than 6 months after surgery
Abstract:
Renal dysfunction is a recognized complication of cardiac transplantation and can impact on the life expectancy of an already fragile population. A large proportion of these patients require transplantation because of the consequences of ischaemic heart disease (IHD) which, in turn, is often associated with ischaemic nephropathy. We studied the effect of IHD, diagnosed prior to more...
International Classification:
Diseases of the circulatory system - Ischaemic heart disease
Categories:
ischaemic heart disease
Geography:
Republic of Ireland
Am J Transplant,
Vol: 2 Page: 355-9 April 2002
K. A. Abraham; C. McGorrian; P. O'Kelly; M. Neligan; A. E. Woods; P. J. Conlon; J. Donohoe
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