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European Journal of Heart Failure 2003 5(5):655-658; doi:10.1016/S1388-9842(03)00109-0
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© 2003 European Society of Cardiology

Plasma catecholamine levels parallel severity of heart failure and have prognostic value in children with dilated cardiomyopathy

Poothirikovil Venugopalana,* and Ajit Kumar Agarwalb

a Department of Child Health, Child Ward 2, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital P.O. Box 38, Muscat, PC 123, Oman
b Department of Cardiology, Sultan Qaboos University Hospital Muscat, PC 123, Oman

* Corresponding author. Tel.: +968-513-562; fax: +968-513-009. E-mail address: gopalax@omantel.net.om

Key Words: Plasma catecholamine levels • Plasma noradrenaline • Idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy • Children • Prognostic value

Received June 11, 2002; Revised March 19, 2003; Accepted June 15, 2003

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   1. Introduction
 
Excessive and sustained sympathetic stimulation favours progression of heart failure, and plasma catecholamine estimation can assess the degree of this stimulation [1]. High plasma noradrenaline levels have been reported in children with heart failure but these studies have largely included patients with congenital and valvular heart diseases [2–4]. We studied plasma catecholamine levels in children with chronic heart failure from idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy (IDC), and related these to the severity of heart failure and outcome.


   2. Methods
 
Twenty children with chronic heart failure from IDC attending the Paediatric Cardiology Clinic of Sultan Qaboos University Hospital, Muscat, Oman formed the study subjects. The diagnosis of IDC was based on WHO criteria [5], . . . [Full Text of this Article]


   3. Results
 

   4. Conclusion
 

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