Recovery of heart function in children with acute severe heart failure

Transplantation

Volumn 85, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 975-979

  O'Sullivan, John J ^a   Roche, Susan L ^a   Crossland, David S ^a   Chaudhari, Milind P ^a   Kirk, Richard C ^a   Asif, Hasan ^a  

^a FREEMAN HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; Dilated cardiomyopathy; Listing for transplantation; Myocarditis

Indexed keywords

CAPTOPRIL; CARVEDILOL; DIGOXIN; DIURETIC AGENT; ENALAPRIL; ENOXIMONE; INOTROPIC AGENT;

ACUTE HEART FAILURE; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR FUNCTION; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; CONVALESCENCE; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; EXTRACORPOREAL OXYGENATION; FEMALE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE EJECTION FRACTION; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VIRUS MYOCARDITIS;

ACUTE DISEASE; CAPTOPRIL; CARBAZOLES; CARDIOTONIC AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIGOXIN; ENALAPRIL; ENOXIMONE; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; PROPANOLAMINES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42149147292     PISSN: 00411337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/TP.0b013e318168fe3c     Document Type: Article

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