Potential for and timing of recovery in children with dilated cardiomyopathy.

Objective: Understanding the clinical course and time-frame for recovery is helpful to guide management and counselling following a diagnosis of Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM). We aimed to document outcomes and time to recovery for a cohort of patients with a dilated cardiomyopathy phenotype.

Methods: An observational cohort methodology was used to collect retrospective data from the departmental database for those identified with DCM.

Arrhythmia burden and related outcomes in Eisenmenger syndrome.

Background: Patients with Eisenmenger syndrome have a shorter lifespan than the general population. A significant proportion develop arrhythmia and some, sudden death.

Objective: The aims of this study were to characterize the frequency, type and effects of arrhythmias in adult patients with Eisenmenger's syndrome and to identify risk factors for arrhythmias.