Carvedilol reverses elevated pulmonary vascular resistance in a child with dilated cardiomyopathy.
There is little experience using beta-blocker therapy for the management of congestive heart failure (CHF) in children. We present the case of a child with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy and CHF, referred for cardiac transplantation, in whom carvedilol reversed elevated pulmonary vascular resistance.
Horenstein
M S
MS
Division of Cardiology, Children's Hospital of Michigan, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit 48201, USA.
Ross
R D
RD
Singh
T P
TP
Epstein
M L
ML
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002227:Carbazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D002311:Cardiomyopathy, Dilated / Q000188:drug therapy*; D000077261:Carvedilol; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004452:Echocardiography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011412:Propanolamines / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D011652:Pulmonary Circulation / Q000187:drug effects*; D014655:Vascular Resistance / Q000187:drug effects; D014665:Vasodilator Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*
D000319:Adrenergic beta-Antagonists; D002227:Carbazoles; D011412:Propanolamines; D014665:Vasodilator Agents; D000077261:Carvedilol