Heart Transplantation and the Batista Operation for Children With Refractory Heart Failure

Heart transplantation and the Batista operation for children with refractory heart failure.

Medically refractory heart failure may be present in children with cardiomyopathy (CMP) or complex congenital heart disease (CHD). In adults, the surgical management of this condition is either heart transplantation or the Batista operation. From March 1995 to January 2000, a total of 6 children, aged from 1 to 16 years, with medically refractory heart failure associated with CMP or complex CHD...

Prognostic Value of Soluble ST2 (sST2) Serum Levels in Infants and Children with Heart Failure Complicating Congenital Heart Disease

Background Heart failure (HF) in infants and children with congenital heart disease (CHD) is a crucial complication with different outcomes. Many biomarkers are used as prognostic indicators. Soluble ST2 (sST2) is one of these markers studied in adults with HF. We aimed to study the prognostic value of sST2 in CHD children with HF. Materials and Methods In current case-control study, thirty-six...

Advanced Chronic Heart Failure and Heart Transplantation

International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Practice guidelines for management of heart failure in children.

avid Rosenthal, MD, Chair, Maryanne R.K. Chrisant, MD, Erik Edens, MD, PhD, Lynn Mahony, MD, harles Canter, MD, Steven Colan, MD, Anne Dubin, MD, Jacque Lamour, MD, Robert Ross, MD, obert Shaddy, MD, Linda Addonizio, MD, Lee Beerman, MD, Stuart Berger, MD, Daniel Bernstein, MD, lizabeth Blume, MD, Mark Boucek, MD, Paul Checchia, MD, Anne Dipchand, MD, onathan Drummond-Webb, MD, Jay Fricker, MD,...

Emerging Drug Therapies for Heart Failure

Heart failure is associated with high morbidity and mortality and is proving to be an economic burden in developing countries. A number of therapeutic agents are presently employed in heart failure; but they are not sufficient to control symptoms of heart failure. Moreover, the prevalence of chronic heart failure is progressively increasing and thus there is a continuing need to develop effecti...