Strain in Complex Congenital Heart Disease in Infants and Children
Document Type
Book Chapter
Publication Date
2018
Identifier
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-71617-6_36
Abstract
Varying degrees of heart failure is common in infants with complex single ventricular heart disease. Sometimes the heart failure is progressive without a clear etiology and unresponsive to intense pharmacotherapy creating a critical management dilemma. These infants typically share a common history of repeated and lengthy intensive care unit (ICU) admissions and they often require temporizing measures of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), or ventricular assist device (VAD) before progressing to cardiac transplantation or death.
Journal Title
Echocardiography
First Page
889
Last Page
895
Keywords
Strain in congenital heart disease; Strain in children; Congenital heart disease; CHD
Recommended Citation
Forsha D., Kisslo J., Risum N., Barker P. (2018) Strain in Complex Congenital Heart Disease in Infants and Children. In: Nihoyannopoulos P., Kisslo J. (eds) Echocardiography. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71617-6_36
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