Department of pediatrics: Chen Yuan. A CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 16 CASES OF PRIMARY CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CHILDREN[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 1986,(3):196-199.
Department of pediatrics: Chen Yuan. A CLINICAL ANALYSIS OF 16 CASES OF PRIMARY CONGESTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY IN CHILDREN[J]. Journal of Chongqing Medical University, 1986,(3):196-199. DOI: 10.13406/j.cnki.cyxb.1986.03.018.
Sixteen cases of primary congestive cardiomyopathy admitted to the Chongqing children’s Hospital from 1973 to 1984 were analysed. The prominent manifestations of these cases were hypertrophy of the heart
cardiac failure and/or arrhythmia. In comparison with adult
the differences in clinical findings between children and adults were noticed. The dignosis and differential dignosis as well as the treatment of discuss;. The important of early treatment of cardiac failure with digoxin and corticosteroid were emphasized. The prognosis is related chiefly to the development and persistence of cardiac failure.