Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies in Children

Title:Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies in Children

Volume: 12 Issue: 2

Author(s): Jack F. Price, Aamir Jeewa and Susan W. Denfield

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Keywords: Children, cardiomyopathy, heart failure.

Abstract: Cardiomyopathies are diseases of the heart muscle, a term introduced in 1957 to identify a group of myocardial diseases not attributable to coronary artery disease. The definition has since been modified to refer to structural and or functional abnormalities of the myocardium where other known causes of myocardial dysfunction, such as systemic hypertension, valvular disease and ischemic heart disease, have been excluded. In this review, we discuss the pathophysiology, clinical assessment and therapeutic strategies for hypertrophic, dilated and hypertrophic cardiomyopathies, with a particular focus on aspects unique to children.

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Price F. Jack, Jeewa Aamir and Denfield W. Susan, Clinical Characteristics and Treatment of Cardiomyopathies in Children, Current Cardiology Reviews 2016; 12 (2) . https://dx.doi.org/10.2174/1573403X12666160301115543