Pediatric Heart Failure: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis and Management

Pediatrics and Neonatology

Volumn 58, Issue 4, 2017, Pages 303-312

  Masarone, Daniele ^a   Valente, Fabio ^a   Rubino, Marta ^a   Vastarella, Rossella ^a   Gravino, Rita ^a   Rea, Alessandra ^a   Russo, Maria Giovanna ^a   Pacileo, Giuseppe ^a   Limongelli, Giuseppe ^a  

^a SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

Author keywords

cardiomyopathies; congenital heart diseases; pediatric cardiac transplantation; pediatric heart failure

Indexed keywords

ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM SENSITIZER; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; INOTROPIC AGENT; PHOSPHODIESTERASE III INHIBITOR; VASODILATOR AGENT;

CARDIOMYOPATHY; CARDIOVASCULAR INFECTION; CARDIOVASCULAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL HEART DISEASE; DEVICE THERAPY; ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; HEART ARRHYTHMIA; HEART CATHETERIZATION; HEART FAILURE; HEART MUSCLE BIOPSY; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LEFT VENTRICULAR ASSIST DEVICE; MYOCARDITIS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; CHILD; DONOR; HEART ASSIST DEVICE;

ADULT; ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME INHIBITORS; CHILD; DIURETICS; HEART FAILURE; HEART TRANSPLANTATION; HEART-ASSIST DEVICES; HUMANS; TISSUE DONORS;

EID: 85014431829     PISSN: 18759572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pedneo.2017.01.001     Document Type: Review

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