New-onset heart failure in children in the absence of structural congenital heart disease

Circulation

Volumn 117, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 11-12

  Webber, Steven A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiomyopathy; Editorials; Heart failure; Pediatrics; Population

Indexed keywords

CARVEDILOL;

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DISEASE SEVERITY; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HEART FAILURE; HEMODYNAMICS; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

CARDIOMYOPATHIES; CHILD; DATA COLLECTION; HEART DEFECTS, CONGENITAL; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE;

EID: 37349028334     PISSN: 00097322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.747469     Document Type: Editorial

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