Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) - Medscape Reference
Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) refers to congestive cardiac failure secondary to dilatation and systolic dysfunction (with or ...
Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children: Early Detection and Treatment
DCM in the pediatric age group is generally recognized by unobstructed, dilated, and contracting left ventricle defects and is associated with ...
Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) - Cincinnati Children's Hospital
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) happens when the heart muscle becomes thin and the left ventricle becomes enlarged (dilated). See symptoms and treatment for ...
Dilated Cardiomyopathy | Michigan Medicine
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) occurs when heart muscle cells are abnormal or damaged. Overall, it is quite rare in children.
Pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy: a review of current clinical ...
This review aims to discuss the established biological pathogenesis of pediatric DCM, current clinical guidelines, and promising therapeutic avenues.
Cardiomyopathy in Children - Boston Children's Hospital
DCM is the most common type and occurs when the main pumping chamber of the heart muscle is too stretched out (dilated). Dilated cardiomyopathy makes the heart ...
Pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy: a review of current clinical ...
Pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is a rare, yet life-threatening cardiovascular condition characterized by systolic dysfunction with ...
Treatment Strategies for Cardiomyopathy in Children: A Scientific ...
Pediatric cardiomyopathy is an uncommon but life-threatening disease affecting 1 in 100 000 children. There are many pathogeneses, but in ...
Cardiomyopathy in Children: Classification and Diagnosis
About 50% of cases in children and adolescents were characterized as dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM), with 10% to 25% of cases in this category ...
Incidence, Causes, and Outcomes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in ...
Infants had more than 13 times the incidence of older children. The most common causes of infantile DCM include idiopathic, inborn errors of ...
Cardiomyopathy | Conditions - UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals
Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) — Symptoms in infants include difficulty breathing, poor appetite and slow weight gain. Older children may also have trouble being ...
Pediatric Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM) Treatment & Management
Carnitine supplements (100 mg/kg IV infusion over 30 min, followed by 100 mg/kg/day as continuous infusion for 24-72 hours; 25-50 mg/kg/dose PO ...
Pediatric Cardiomyopathy - Children's Hospital Colorado
Children with pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy have enlarged chambers of the heart that can't pump a normal amount of blood out of the heart. The heart is ...
Overview of Cardiomyopathies in Childhood - Frontiers
Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is characterised by left ventricular dilation and systolic dysfunction. Important aetiologies in childhood include infections, ...
Pediatric and adult dilated cardiomyopathy represent ... - JCI Insight
We hypothesized that pediatric and adult DCM comprise distinct pathological entities, in that children do not undergo adverse remodeling, the target of adult ...
Outcome predictors for pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy
Dilated cardiomyopathy comprises the largest group of pediatric cardiomyopathy functional types and is the most common indication for heart transplant in ...
Pediatric Cardiomyopathy - Symptoms, Causes, Treatment | NORD
Learn about Pediatric Cardiomyopathy, including symptoms, causes, and treatments. If you or a loved one is affected by this condition, visit NORD to find.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Childhood - Children's Heart Centre
Dilated cardiomyopathy is a serious condition in which the heart muscle is weak and incapable of pumping as much blood as it should.
Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children - Don't Forget the Bubbles
A UK retrospective observational cohort study looked at the potential for, and timing of, recovery in children with dilated cardiomyopathy over ...
Dilated Cardiomyopathy - Children's Heart Federation
Dilated cardiomyopathy is a disease of the heart muscle. Dilated means enlarged, cardio concerns the heart and a myopathy is a muscular disease.