Clinical, Echocardiography, biochemical and MRI findings in patients with acute left ventricular dysfunction to evaluate short-term outcome - A retrospective study

Heart failure in children is rare, but it strikes younger children at a younger age. Caregivers need training owing to the increased risk of death and the clinical presentation differs from that of adults. In order to forecast the early results in individuals with acute left ventricular dysfunction, it is necessary to assess several clinical, echocardiographic, biochemical and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) results. The research took place in New Delhi at the Fortis Escorts Heart Institute's Department of Paediatric Cardiology. The research recruited 60 instances of severe acute LV dysfunction in children and adolescents (aged 1 month to 18 years) using a retrospective approach. Older age at admission, children with low LVEF on admission, requirement of ionotropic support on admission, Intracardiac thrombus on echocardiography evaluation and longer hospital stay were poor predictors of short-term outcome.