Summary of the 2015 International Paediatric Heart Failure Summit of Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute.
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2015
Identifier
DOI: 10.1017/S1047951115001353
Abstract
In the United States alone, ∼14,000 children are hospitalised annually with acute heart failure. The science and art of caring for these patients continues to evolve. The International Pediatric Heart Failure Summit of Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute was held on February 4 and 5, 2015. The 2015 International Pediatric Heart Failure Summit of Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute was funded through the Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program Endowment, a philanthropic collaboration between All Children's Hospital and the Morsani College of Medicine at the University of South Florida (USF). Sponsored by All Children's Hospital Andrews/Daicoff Cardiovascular Program, the International Pediatric Heart Failure Summit assembled leaders in clinical and scientific disciplines related to paediatric heart failure and created a multi-disciplinary "think-tank". The purpose of this manuscript is to summarise the lessons from the 2015 International Pediatric Heart Failure Summit of Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute, to describe the "state of the art" of the treatment of paediatric cardiac failure, and to discuss future directions for research in the domain of paediatric cardiac failure.
Journal Title
Cardiology in the young
Volume
25 Suppl 2
First Page
8
Last Page
30
MeSH Keywords
Congresses as Topic; Heart Defects, Congenital; Heart Failure; Hospitals, Pediatric; Humans; Pediatrics; United States
Keywords
CHD; cardiac transplantation; heart transplantation; heart failure; transplantation; ventricular assist device
Recommended Citation
Jacobs JP, Quintessenza JA, Karl TR, et al. Summary of the 2015 International Paediatric Heart Failure Summit of Johns Hopkins All Children's Heart Institute. Cardiol Young. 2015;25 Suppl 2:8-30. doi:10.1017/S1047951115001353
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