Renal failure in eight patients was related to young age, low weight, and left-to-right shunt group
The median age was 5
Currently, CHD is recognized as the leading cause of mortality from birth defects [ 2 ]
A recent study analyzed data from 31,432 children in the Pediatric Health Information System database hospitalized during 2005 with cardiovascular disease, and showed that 78% received =1 cardiovascular medication off Enalapril was used to treat five patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension secondary to congenital cardiopathy, three with ventricular septal defect, one with arterial septal defect, and one with patent ductus arteriosus
Recent evidence suggests that adults born prematurely are at increased risk of heart failure, hypertension, and decreased exercise capacity, which present earlier
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Methods and Results— The Pediatric Heart Network conducted a double-blind trial involving 230 infants with single-ventricle physiology randomized to receive enalapril (target dose 0
Angiotensin‐converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEIs) are a drug class widely used in pediatric cardiology
All children had signs of heart failure:
Congenital heart disease (CHD) describes a set of cardiac structural malformations resulting from alterations during embryonic organogenesis [ 1 ]
Until recently these parents’ experiences and
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