Journal article
Application of Neonatologist Performed Echocardiography in the Assessment and Management of Neonatal Heart Failure unrelated to Congenital Heart Disease
Philip Levy, Cecile Tissot, Beate Horsberg Eriksen, Eirik Nestaas, Sheryle Rogerson, Patrick J McNamara, Afif El-Khuffash, Willem P de Boode, T Austin, K Bohlin, MC Bravo, CR Breatnach, M Breindahl, E Dempsey, AM Groves, S Gupta, PT Levy, Z Molnar, SR Rogerson, CC Roehr Show all
PEDIATRIC RESEARCH | NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP | Published : 2018
Abstract
Neonatal heart failure (HF) is a progressive disease caused by cardiovascular and non-cardiovascular abnormalities. The most common cause of neonatal HF is structural congenital heart disease, while neonatal cardiomyopathy represents the most common cause of HF in infants with a structurally normal heart. Neonatal cardiomyopathy is a group of diseases manifesting with various morphological and functional phenotypes that affect the heart muscle and alter cardiac performance at, or soon after birth. The clinical presentation of neonates with cardiomyopathy is varied, as are the possible causes of the condition and the severity of disease presentation. Echocardiography is the selected method of..
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Funding Acknowledgements
All members of the European Special Interest Group 'Neonatologist Performed Echocardiography' are listed in the appendix. All these members have substantially contributed to the conception and revision of the manuscript and approved the final version to be published. Funding: Financial support of publication costs by the European Society for Paediatric Research (ESPR) is gratefully acknowledged.