Congestive Heart Failure in Infants and Children

Affiliations

¹ Classified Specialist (Paediatrics & Paediatric Cardiology), Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Calcutta - 700 027.
² Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
³ Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
⁴ Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, M Block, New Delhi - 110 001.

Review

Mukti Sharma et al. Med J Armed Forces India. 2003 Jul.

. 2003 Jul;59(3):228-33.

doi: 10.1016/S0377-1237(03)80014-X. Epub 2011 Jul 21.

¹ Classified Specialist (Paediatrics & Paediatric Cardiology), Command Hospital (Eastern Command), Calcutta - 700 027.
² Professor and Head, Department of Paediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
³ Associate Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Armed Forces Medical College, Pune - 411 040.
⁴ Director General Armed Forces Medical Services, Ministry of Defence, M Block, New Delhi - 110 001.

No abstract available

Keywords: Cardiac output; Heart failure; Inotropes.

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