ReviewPediatric cardiology2012
The Ross classification for heart failure in children after 25 years: a review and an age-stratified revision.
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Reversible Pulmonary Artery Banding as Simplified Management of End-stage Dilated Left Ventriculopathy in Early Life
Modified Ross Score for Evaluation of Heart Failure in Children With Lower Respiratory Tract
Short-term and Midterm Results of the Aortic Valve Reconstruction With Autopericardium in Children
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73 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
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- Paediatric aortic valve replacement: a meta-analysis and microsimulation study.European heart journal · 2023Pooled it
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- Intrinsic cardiomyopathy in pediatric Marfan syndrome: predictive factors and risk assessments.Pediatric research · 2025Article
- Cardiac Endocrine Function and Hormonal Interplay in Pediatrics: From Development to Clinical Implications.Biomedicines · 2025Review
- Advancements and challenges in pediatric dilated cardiomyopathy: a comprehensive review of current approaches and future directions.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
- Anthracycline-Induced Cardiomyopathy After Nephro-/Neuroblastoma in Childhood: The Importance of Cardiological Reference Assessment.Cancer medicine · 2025Article
- Multivariable Modeling of Postoperative Risk in Infant Cardiac Surgery: Integrating Clinical Variables and 20 Inflammatory Biomarkers.Acta anaesthesiologica Scandinavica · 2025Article
- Impact of MEK Inhibition on Childhood RASopathy-Associated Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy.JACC. Basic to translational science · 2025Article
- The Incidence of Heart Failure in Children with Congenital Heart Disease: A Prospective Cohort Study.Current cardiology reviews · 2025Observational
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Abstract
Accurate grading of the presence and severity of heart failure (HF) signs and symptoms in infants and children remains challenging. It has been 25 years since the Ross classification was first used for this purpose. Since then, several modifications of the system have been used and others proposed. New evidence has shown that in addition to signs and symptoms, data from echocardiography, exercise testing, and biomarkers such as N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP) all are useful in stratifying outcomes for children with HF. It also is apparent that grading of signs and symptoms in children is dependent on age because infants manifest HF differently than toddlers and older children. This review culminates in a proposed new age-based Ross classification for HF in children that incorporates the most useful data from the last two decades. Testing of this new system will be important to determine whether an age-stratified scoring system can unify the way communication of HF severity and research on HF in children is performed in the future.
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