An infant with acute decompensated heart failure caused by afterload mismatch due to tumour-induced secondary hypertension: a case report.
Shuhei YoshidaYuji DoiSeishiro NodomiKenji WakiPublished in: European heart journal. Case reports (2023)
Blood pressure measurement is often omitted in daily practice when examining infants because of difficulty in measurement. However, BP may be the only detectable sign in patients with secondary hypertension before decompensated heart failure, and BP should also be measured in infants.
Keyphrases
- heart failure
- blood pressure
- hypertensive patients
- liver failure
- drug induced
- heart rate
- left ventricular
- acute heart failure
- cardiac resynchronization therapy
- primary care
- healthcare
- diabetic rats
- high glucose
- atrial fibrillation
- physical activity
- respiratory failure
- quality improvement
- hepatitis b virus
- adipose tissue
- oxidative stress
- skeletal muscle
- ejection fraction
- arterial hypertension