Understanding Chronic Heart Failure in Children & Adolescents with Congenital Heart Disease

Shahn Amdani, a pediatric cardiomyopathy, heart failure, and transplant cardiologist at Cleveland Clinic Children's Hospital, discusses the importance of understanding, evaluating, and managing chronic heart failure in children and adolescents with congenital heart disease. He discusses the American Heart Association's scientific statement highlighting the epidemiology, pathophysiology, and treatment for this population. The discussion covers topics such as the mechanisms underlying heart dysfunction, ways to define and assess heart failure, available treatment options, management of comorbidities, and therapies for advanced heart failure. He emphasizes the urgent need for the medical community to work together to advance understanding and treatment for heart failure in children with congenital heart conditions to improve their outcomes.
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