Abdominal complaints as a common first presentation of heart failure in adolescents with dilated cardiomyopathy

American Journal of Emergency Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 684-686

  Hollander, Seth A ^a   Addonizio, Linda J ^b   Chin, Clifford ^c   Lamour, Jacqueline M ^d   Hsu, Daphne T ^d   Bernstein, Daniel ^a   Rosenthal, David N ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; CHILD; CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FAINTNESS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; GROUPS BY AGE; HEART ARREST; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART FAILURE; HEART LEFT VENTRICLE FUNCTION; HUMAN; INFANT; M MODE ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAUSEA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX PAIN; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADOLESCENT; CARDIOMYOPATHY, DILATED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875449782     PISSN: 07356757     EISSN: 15328171     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajem.2012.12.009     Document Type: Article

References (13)

1. R. Kirk, L.B. Edwards, and P. Aurora Registry of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Twelfth Official Pediatric Heart Transplantation Report-2009 J Heart Lung Transplant 28 10 2009 993 1006
2. J.A. Towbin, A.M. Lowe, and S.D. Colan Incidence, causes, and outcomes of dilated cardiomyopathy in children JAMA 296 15 2006 1867 1876
3. S.A. Hunt, W.T. Abraham, and M.H. Chin ACC/AHA 2005 Guideline Update for the Diagnosis and Management of Chronic Heart Failure in the Adult: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines (Writing Committee to Update the 2001 Guidelines for the Evaluation and Management of Heart Failure): developed in collaboration with the American College of Chest Physicians and the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: endorsed by the Heart Rhythm Society Circulation 112 12 2005 e154 e235
4. V. Fuster, B.J. Gersh, E.R. Giuliani, A.J. Tajik, R.O. Brandenburg, and R.L. Frye The natural history of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy Am J Cardiol 47 3 1981 525 531
5. E.K. Shirey, W.L. Proudfit, and W.A. Hawk Primary myocardial disease. Correlation with clinical findings, angiographic and biopsy diagnosis. Follow-up of 139 patients Am Heart J 99 2 1980 198 207
6. S.A. Hunt, W.T. Abraham, and M.H. Chin 2009 focused update incorporated into the ACC/AHA 2005 Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Heart Failure in Adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology Foundation/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines: developed in collaboration with the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Circulation 119 14 2009 e391 e479
7. D.T. Hsu, and G.D. Pearson Heart failure in children: part II: diagnosis, treatment, and future directions Circ Heart Fail 2 5 2009 490 498
8. S.E. Lipshultz, L.A. Sleeper, and J.A. Towbin The incidence of pediatric cardiomyopathy in two regions of the United States N Engl J Med 348 17 2003 1647 1655
9. A.W. Nugent, P.E. Daubeney, and P. Chondros The epidemiology of childhood cardiomyopathy in Australia N Engl J Med 348 17 2003 1639 1646
10. D.T. Hsu, and C.E. Canter Dilated cardiomyopathy and heart failure in children Heart Fail Clin 6 4 2010 415 432 vii
11. S.A. Hollander, D. Bernstein, J. Yeh, D. Dao, H.Y. Sun, and D. Rosenthal Outcomes of children following a first hospitalization for dilated cardiomyopathy Circ Heart Fail 5 4 2012 437 443
12. J. Fahimi, A. Herring, A. Harries, R. Gonzales, and H. Alter Computed tomography use among children presenting to emergency departments with abdominal pain Pediatrics 130 5 2012 e1069 e1075
13. P. Richardson, W. McKenna, and M. Bristow Report of the 1995 World Health Organization/International Society and Federation of Cardiology Task Force on the Definition and Classification of cardiomyopathies Circulation 93 5 1996 841 842