Cor pulmonale in children

A brief review of the literature on cor pulmonale in adults and children, including its rare incidence in the latter was given. Six cases of cor pulmonale in children observed in the Department of Pediatrics, Philippine General Hospital from 1945 to Juanuary, 1953 were reported. All the cases showed practically the same signs and symptoms. On admission all the patients presented dyspnea, easy fatigability, cough and edema with hepatomegaly. In all of them a right-sided cardiac strain and failure secondary to a chronic pulmonary lesion was demonstrable from the history, physical examination E.K.G. and radiographic findings. In four cases the findings were verified at autopsy. (Summary)