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CARDIAC FAILURE IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD
Author(s) -
Hawker Richard E.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1977.tb130767.x
Subject(s) - etiology , heart failure , pathophysiology , medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , cardiology
Cardiac failure in infants and children frequently results from pathophysiological mechanisms different from those of cardiac failure in adults. An age‐based approach to aetiology is presented and attention drawn to details of management which should allow a high rate of salvage of patients who have reversible or correctable underlying conditions.