New guidelines help physicians recognize pediatric heart failure
Posted October 30, 2012 7:07 pm.
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The Canadian Cardiovascular Society has released new guidelines aimed at helping physicians recognize the signs of heart failure in children.
The guidelines were released on Tuesday at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress.
“Providing guidance in this area may help to solve one of the biggest challenges we have: that children with heart failure are usually not recognized early and treated effectively,” said Dr. Paul F. Kantor, head of pediatric cardiology at the Stollery Children’s Hospital, University of Alberta.
Dr. Kantor added that heart failure is more likely to cause death in children than cancer.
These guidelines hope to provide a framework for early detection and treatment. They are the first in Canada aimed at helping health care workers recognize and manage heart failure in children.
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