The Ross classification for heart failure in children after 25 years: A review and an age-stratified revision

Pediatric Cardiology

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 1295-1300

  Ross, Robert D ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Age based Ross classification; Heart failure; Ross classification

Indexed keywords

AGE; BODY WEIGHT; BREATHING RATE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; GROWTH DISORDER; HEART FAILURE; HEART RATE; HEPATOMEGALY; HUMAN; NEW YORK HEART ASSOCIATION CLASS; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; REVIEW; ROSS CLASSIFICATION; SCORING SYSTEM; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; BLOOD; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HEART FUNCTION TEST; INFANT; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HEART FAILURE; HEART FUNCTION TESTS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84878241304     PISSN: 01720643     EISSN: 14321971     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00246-012-0306-8     Document Type: Review

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