Identification and treatment of worsening heart failure in children with cardiomyopathy / 中国小儿急救医学

ABSTRACT

Cardiomyopathy is a group of highly heterogeneous myocardial diseases.Recurrent worsening heart failure(WHF) is the main reason for the high hospitalization rate and high mortality rate in children with cardiomyopathy, and makes children rapidly enter the end-stage of heart failure.The concept of WHF was first described in the literature on pediatric heart failure.Unfortunately, clinical studies of WHF in children during the past five decades are rare.Based on the current definition of adult WHF and the characteristics of pediatric heart failure, this review briefly introduced the concept, inducement and risk factors, identification and management of WHF in children with cardiomyopathy.