Associations between neurohormonal and inflammatory activation and heart failure in children

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2007.11.001 Byline: Christopher Ratnasamy, Daniel D. Kinnamon, Steven E. Lipshultz, Paolo Rusconi Abstract: Adult heart failure (HF) has been shown to be associated with neuroendocrine and inflammatory activation. We hypothesize that neuroendocrine and inflammatory activation also associate with symptom severity and echocardiographic measurements in pediatric HF. Author Affiliation: Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, The Children's Heart Center, Holtz Children's Hospital, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL Division of Pediatric Clinical Research, Department of Pediatrics, Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, The Children's Heart Center, Holtz Children's Hospital, University of Miami/Jackson Memorial Medical Center, Miami, FL Article History: Received 9 March 2007; Accepted 2 November 2007