Key result
Patients with congenital heart disease manifest all the pathophysiological criteria of the chronic heart failure syndrome, suggesting a need for a therapeutic approach based on the heart failure paradigm.
Population
Patients with congenital heart disease
Comparison
Therapeutic approach based on the heart failure… vs Purely anatomical approach
Design
Review
Authors
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Supports reframing congenital heart disease within the chronic heart failure paradigm; leaves open whether this improves outcomes in prospective trials.
Argues for a paradigm shift in congenital heart disease management, treating it as a chronic heart failure syndrome rather than purely an anatomical defect.
Aidan P. Bolger (2003) conducted a review in Congenital heart disease and heart failure. Patients with congenital heart disease manifest all the pathophysiological criteria of the chronic heart failure syndrome, suggesting a need for a therapeutic approach based on the heart failure paradigm.
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