[Characteristics of cardiac remodeling assessed by echocardiography in children with heart failure secondary to congenital heart disease and pulmonary hypertension].

Unlabelled: The aim of this study was the determination of the particularities of the cardiac remodeling with echo-cardio graphic methods at patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) secondary to congenital heart diseases and pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH).

Material And Methods: In the study 204 children were included (average age of 37.1 +/- 3.