Cardiac emergencies.

Emerg Med Clin North Am

Pediatric Emergency Medicine, North Shore University Hospital, 300 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030, USA.

Published: August 2013

The diagnosis and management of pediatric cardiac emergencies can be challenging and complicated. Early presentations are usually the result of ductal-dependent lesions and appear with cyanosis and shock. Later presentations are the result of volume overload or pump failure and present with signs of congestive heart failure. Acquired diseases also present as congestive heart failure or arrhythmias.

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