Cardiomyopathies in children

Authors

• Angela Lorts, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• Thomas D. Ryan, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
• John Lynn Jefferies, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Abstract

Pediatric cardiomyopathies are a heterogeneous group of disorders affecting the myocardium. They are associated with abnormal chamber size or wall thickness and systolic and/or diastolic dysfunction in the absence of valve disease, coronary artery disease, hypertension, congenital heart disease, or abnormal loading conditions. While previous classification schema focused primarily on functional and morphologic phenotypes, more recent proposals incorporate causative mechanisms and divide the cardiomyopathies into primary and secondary causes.

Publication Title

Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Volume 2 Respiratory Cardiovascular and Central Nervous Systems

Recommended Citation

Lorts, A., Ryan, T., & Jefferies, J. (2014). Cardiomyopathies in children. Pediatric Critical Care Medicine Volume 2 Respiratory Cardiovascular and Central Nervous Systems, 483-496. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-6356-5_29