Echocardiographic features of right heart failure in infancy and childhood

Authors
Di Sessa, TG Salim, MA Alpert, BS
Citation
Tg. Di Sessa et al., Echocardiographic features of right heart failure in infancy and childhood, ECHOCARDIOG, 15(8), 1998, pp. 761-768
Citations number
23
Categorie Soggetti
Cardiovascular & Respiratory Systems
Journal title
ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY-A JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ULTRASOUND AND ALLIED TECHNIQUES
ISSN journal
07422822 → ACNP
Volume
15
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Part
1
Pages
761 - 768
Database
ISI
SICI code
0742-2822(199811)15:8<761:EFORHF>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
In infants and children, right heart failure is most frequently a consequen ce of increased afterload (pulmonary hypertension). However, it is also obs erved as a sequela of congenital cardiovascular surgery. The purpose of thi s report is to present the causes of right heart dysfunction in children an d to define the echo-Doppler methods used in the evaluation of right heart failure.