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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-9-4
pubmed:abstractText
Eighteen children with idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy (IRC) were studied in an attempt to identify potential predictors of poor outcome. Four patients presented with low cardiac output (CO) syndrome. Fourteen remaining patients were minimally symptomatic at presentation but developed a low CO syndrome at a mean of 2.8 +/- 2.3 years after diagnosis. At the time of development of low CO in the 18 patients, mean left ventricular end-diastolic pressure was 27 mm Hg, right ventricular end-diastolic pressure was 18 mm Hg, cardiac index was 2.5 L/min/m(2), and pulmonary vascular resistance index (PVRI) was 8.8 U-m(2). Eleven of the 18 patients underwent cardiac transplantation. One died perioperatively from donor right-sided cardiac failure and 10 survived. Six were not transplanted and died, including 3 in whom transplantation was precluded secondary to extremely elevated PVRI. One patient is alive with right-sided cardiac failure. Ten of our 18 patients had pulmonary hypertension (PVRI >6 U-m(2)) at the time of referral for cardiac transplant and/or development of low CO syndrome. In comparison, children with dilated cardiomyopathy who were referred for heart transplant during the same time period had a PVRI that was significantly lower (5.2 U-m(2)). Elevated PVRI was associated with death (p <0.01) and 40% of our children with pulmonary hypertension were precluded from receiving an orthotopic heart transplant because their pulmonary hypertension was so severe. No risk factors for the development of pulmonary hypertension were identified; therefore, all children with IRC should undergo serial monitoring of their PVRI, and any increase should prompt a transplant evaluation.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0002-9149
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
501-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Australia, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Cardiac Output, Low, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Cardiomyopathy, Restrictive, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Child, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Child, Preschool, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Child Welfare, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Disease Progression, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Echocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Electrocardiography, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Follow-Up Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Heart Catheterization, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Heart Transplantation, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Infant, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Infant Welfare, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-New York, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Risk Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Stroke Volume, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Survival Analysis, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12208410-Ventricular Function, Left
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Outcome of idiopathic restrictive cardiomyopathy in children.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Multicenter Study, Evaluation Studies