Pervalence of the Ethiology of CHF among Patients Admitted at Shahid Beheshti Heart Center

Abstract

History & Objective: Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the most common diseases among children. CHF is important in pediatric medicine because of certain complications such as failure to thrive, recurrent respiratory infections, socioeconomic limitation, renal failure, and brain damages secondary to hypoglycemia and siezure. This study was done to recognize the ethilogy of CHF and to present a suitable ways for its prevention.