Pediatric Diastolic Heart Failure: Clinical Features Description of 421 Cases.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aim

Heart failure in children differs substantially from the adult population. Clinical characteristics of pediatric diastolic heart failure has rarely been reported. In this study, we aimed to summary the causes, clinical features, lab tests, and treatment effect of pediatric diastolic heart failure.

Methods

This study was a single center, retrospective study conducted in Children's Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. Children who were diagnosed with diastolic heart failure (DHF) without systolic heart failure (SHF) between 2006 and 2014 were included. Meanwhile, SHF (without DHF) cases were also collected from 2013 to 2014.

Results

A total of 421 DHF and 42 SHF cases were included. The average age of pediatric DHF was 1.89 ± 3.29 years old, sign

SUBMITTER: Pan B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9108191 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature