Frontiers in Heart Failure

Author(s): Ralf J. Holzer* and Ziyad M. Hijazi

DOI: 10.2174/9789811410901120030009

Cardiac Catheterization and Endomyocardial Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Children

Pp: 157-168 (12)

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Frontiers in Heart Failure

Volume: 3

Cardiac Catheterization and Endomyocardial Biopsy for the Diagnosis of Heart Failure in Children

Author(s): Ralf J. Holzer* and Ziyad M. Hijazi

Pp: 157-168 (12)

DOI: 10.2174/9789811410901120030009

* (Excluding Mailing and Handling)

Abstract

The most likely etiology of cardiac failure in neonates, children and young adults varies greatly by age and is often different from the type of etiology seen in adult patients. As such, the need for cardiac catheterization and endomyocardial biopsy depends on the (potential) underlying diagnosis and has to be carefully evaluated for every case, including the need for anesthesia, angiography and cardiac output evaluations.


Keywords: Cardiac Actheterization, Endomyocardial Biopsy, Pediatrics.

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