Book chapter
Heart Failure in the Neonate
Pediatric Heart Failure, pp.209-240
Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology , Book 53, Taylor & Francis
2005
DOI: 10.1201/b14181-11
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the heart failure syndrome in
neonates, recognizing that compared to the plethora of data
in adults, far less information is available regarding heart
failure in newborn infants. The roles of physiologic and
neurohormonal compensatory mechanisms in heart failure
have been studied largely in chronic compensated states in
adult patients and mature animal models. Clearly, the etiologies of heart failure in neonates differ from the etiologies of
heart failure in other age groups. Furthermore, it is likely
that normal developmental changes during the neonatal
period will impact upon the nature and magnitude of the
compensatory physiological responses and the responses totherapy. Lastly, there are marked differences in the psychosocial aspects of chronic disease and the impact of heart failure
on growth, development, and quality of life.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Heart Failure in the Neonate
- Creators
- Dana ConnollyMarcelo Auslender - University of Iowa, Stead Family Department of PediatricsMichael Artman - Children's Mercy Hospital
- Contributors
- Robert Shaddy (Editor)Gil Wernovsky (Editor)
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Publication Details
- Pediatric Heart Failure, pp.209-240
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis; Boca Raton
- Series
- Fundamental and Clinical Cardiology ; Book 53
- DOI
- 10.1201/b14181-11
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 2005
- Academic Unit
- Stead Family Department of Pediatrics
- Record Identifier
- 9984656607402771
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