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Open Access 20.12.2017 | Review Article

Systematic Literature Review on the Incidence and Prevalence of Heart Failure in Children and Adolescents

verfasst von: Robert E. Shaddy, Aneesh Thomas George, Thomas Jaecklin, Eimear Nic Lochlainn, Lalit Thakur, Rumjhum Agrawal, Susan Solar-Yohay, Fabian Chen, Joseph W. Rossano, Thomas Severin, Michael Burch

Erschienen in: Pediatric Cardiology | Ausgabe 3/2018

Abstract

While the epidemiology of adult heart failure has been extensively researched, this systematic review addresses the less well characterized incidence and prevalence of pediatric HF. The search strategy used Cochrane methodology and identified 83 unique studies for inclusion. Studies were categorized according to whether the HF diagnosis was reported as primary (n = 10); associated with other cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) (n = 49); or associated with non-CVDs (n = 24). A narrative synthesis of the evidence is presented. For primary HF, the incidence ranged from 0.87/100,000 (UK and Ireland) to 7.4/100,000 (Taiwan). A prevalence of 83.3/100,000 was reported in one large population-based study from Spain. HF etiology varied across regions with lower respiratory tract infections and severe anemia predominating in lower income countries, and cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease major causes in higher income countries. Key findings for the other categories included a prevalence of HF associated with cardiomyopathies ranging from 36.1% (Japan) to 79% (US); associated with congenital heart disease from 8% (Norway) to 82.2% (Nigeria); associated with rheumatic heart diseases from 1.5% (Turkey) to 74% (Zimbabwe); associated with renal disorders from 3.8% (India) to 24.1% (Nigeria); and associated with HIV from 1% (US) to 29.3% (Brazil). To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review of the topic and strengthens current knowledge of pediatric HF epidemiology. Although a large body of research was identified, heterogeneity in study design and diagnostic criteria limited the ability to compare regional data. Standardized definitions of pediatric HF are required to facilitate cross-regional comparisons of epidemiological data.
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Introduction

Heart failure (HF) is recognized as a complex clinical syndrome associated with a wide range of abnormalities in cardiac structure or function. Although definitions can vary [14], HF can be broadly described as “the failure of the heart to supply blood to either systemic or pulmonary circulation at an appropriate rate of flow, or to receive venous return at an appropriate filling pressure, resulting in adverse effects on the heart, the circulation, and the patient” [4].
While the epidemiology of HF has been extensively researched in the adult population [5], the incidence and prevalence of pediatric HF is not as well characterized. The most common causes of adult HF, which include ischemia, hypertension, and valvular inflammation, rarely occur in children [6]. Furthermore, existing evidence shows that the etiology of pediatric HF varies across regions and this variation affects the inter-regional incidence and prevalence of HF in children and adolescents. According to a 2009 World Health Organization (WHO) report, the main causes for HF in children are congenital malformations, cardiomyopathy and anthracycline toxicity [7]. In lower income countries, many cases of HF are caused or exacerbated by anemia which is often secondary to malaria or malnutrition [7]. Moreover, the WHO report also identifies hypocalcemia and vitamin D deficiency as risk factors for HF among children and adolescents of certain ethnic minorities in developed countries [7]. Etiologies affecting the incidence and prevalence of HF also vary according to age [8]. These factors may explain the current lack of a globally accepted definition of, and standard diagnostic criteria for, pediatric HF [69]. In addition, the current understanding of the epidemiology of HF in children and adolescents is poor and this topic has not been assessed in a systematic way.
We report a systematic review and narrative synthesis of the evidence on the incidence and prevalence of HF in children and adolescents (birth to < 18 years of age) over the last 20 years (1996–2016) to strengthen current knowledge on the epidemiology of pediatric HF, which can be helpful in the development of new treatments and guidelines for this patient population.

Methods

The systematic literature review was conducted using standard methodology as published by the Cochrane Collaboration [10] and was reported in line with the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) guidelines [11].
A full description of the multi-string search strategy is presented in Supplementary Appendix and included a disease term (heart failure/insufficiency or cardiac or myocard*); a population term (pediatric* or paediatric* or neonat* or perinat* or child* or juvenile* or bab* or infant* or toddler* or newborn or new-born or premature* or preterm* or pre-term* preschool* or pre-school* or teen* or adolescen* or minor* or pubescen*); and an outcome term (prevalen* or inciden*).
The review included observational studies. Titles, abstracts, and full-text articles were independently screened for inclusion by two reviewers and any discrepancies were reconciled by a third independent reviewer.
Data on incidence and/or prevalence of HF, and the distribution of HF in various subgroups were extracted by one reviewer, quality checked by the second reviewer, with differences reconciled by a third reviewer. Full-text studies were graded for quality according to the Downs and Black checklist (studies that scored ≤ 14 points were ranked as ‘poor’; 15–19 points as ‘fair’; and 20–25 points as ‘good’) [12]. Conference abstracts inherently lack information on many parameters listed in the checklist and, therefore, were not graded. For uniformity, we have used the term HF for all studies that report the condition as HF, chronic HF (CHF), or congestive HF and used the term acute HF (AHF) for studies that report the condition as decompensated HF or AHF, in the text. The extracted data from all the included studies are presented in Supplementary Appendix. The systematic review protocol is available in Supplementary Appendix.

Results

Study Selection

A final list of 1952 records was generated following the removal of duplicate records, and the application of age limits (< 18 years in EMBASE) and/or definitions for children and adolescents (EMBASE and MEDLINE). From this list, a total of 83 unique records (77 full-text publications and six conference abstracts) were selected for inclusion (see PRISMA flowchart Fig. 1). Study quality was graded as ‘poor’ for 63 and ‘fair’ for 14 of the 77 full-text studies.
To account for a lack of disease homogeneity, the included studies were grouped into the following three disease categories: studies in which (1) HF was the primary diagnosis; (2) HF was diagnosed secondary to another cardiovascular disease (CVD); (3) HF was diagnosed secondary to a non-CVD. The results are presented separately for each category.
Summary tables are presented for each category. In addition, tables summarizing all data extracted for each included study, and encompassing data on all subgroups and regional distributions, are presented in Supplementary Appendix.

Primary HF Diagnosis

Incidence

Incidence was reported in 5 studies, 4 of which were multi-center studies [1316], 2 were prospective [13, 17], and 3 retrospective [1416]. Incidence data ranged from 0.87 per 100,000 population in a study in the United Kingdom (UK) and Ireland [13] to 7.4 per 100,000 population in a study from Taiwan (Table 1) [16].
Table 1
Incidence and prevalence of HF in studies on primary HF diagnosis
Study name
Study design
Country, period
Setting
Study population (age range)
Subgroups
Type of HF
Sample size
Gender
Cases (n)
(%)
Per 100,000
Female (n)
Female (%)
Incidence of HF as a primary diagnosis
 Andrews [13]
Prospective
UK and Ireland, 2003 (1 year)
Hospitals (17)
Hospitalized HF cases (0–16 years)
All patients
HF
11,712,100*
NR
NR
104
NR
0.87
 Massin [17]
Prospective
Belgium, 1996–2006 (10 years)
Hospital (1)
Hospitalized cases (0–16 years)
All patients
HF
1196
620
51.8*
124
10.4
 Neumann [14]
Retrospective
Germany, 2000–2006 (7 years)
Country wide hospitals
Hospitalized HF cases (0–< 15 years)
Years 2000–2006 (7 years)
HF
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
2.0–3.0
 Schmidt [15]
Retrospective
Germany, 1995 and 2009 (2 distinct years)
Country wide hospitals
Hospitalized HF cases
Year 1995
HF
1,32,38,000
NR
NR
265
NR
2
Year 2009
HF
1,10,30,000
NR
NR
221
NR
2
 Tseng [16]
Retrospective
Taiwan, 2005 (1 year)
Country wide hospitals
Hospitalized HF cases (0–14 years)
All patients
HF
190,362*
90,873
47.7
14*
NR
7.4*
0–4 years
HF
55,262
26,319
47.6
12
NR
21.7
5–9 years
HF
65,636
31,355
47.8
0
NR
0
10–14 years
HF
69,464
33,199
47.8
2
NR
2.9
Males
0–14 years
HF
99,489*
6
NR
6.0*
Females
0–14 years
HF
90,873*
90,873
100
8*
NR
8.8*
Prevalence of HF as a primary diagnosis
 Adekanmbi [18]
Prospective
Nigeria, 2002–2003 (1 year)
Hospital (1)
Hospital admissions and ER
All patients
Congestive HF
1552
NR
NR
109
7
(1 day–14 years)
 Animasahun [19]
Prospective
Nigeria, 2011–2012 (2 years)
Hospital (1)
Hospital admissions
All patients
Congestive HF
5705
NR
NR
156
2.7
(1 day–12 years)
 Jiménez-García [20]
Cross-sectional
Spain, 2012–2013 (1 year)
Community (Madrid)
Influenza vaccination coverage
(6 months–14 years)
 
HF
9,81,855
4,77,928
48.7
818
0.1
83.3*
 Rodríguez-Rieiro [21]
Spain, 2009 (point prevalence)
Patients with chronic diseases
HF
1,17,940
48,806
41.4
689
0.6*
77$
 Lagunju [22]
Prospective
Nigeria, 2000–2001 (10 months)
Hospital (1)
Hospital admissions (8 days–12 years)
All patients
Congestive HF
1713
NR
NR
100
5.8
 Oyedeji [23]
Prospective
Nigeria, 2007 (6 months)
Hospital (1)
Patients in ER (1 month–12 years)
All patients
Congestive HF
391
NR
NR
35
9
ER emergency room, HF heart failure, NR not reported
*Calculated values from the source article
$Reported as prevalence of 7.7 per 10,000 inhabitants
In the UK and Ireland study undertaken in 2003, the majority of pediatric HF patients (55.8%) had HF associated with familial or idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathies, with 82% of the patients having New York Heart Association (NYHA) class III–IV severity of HF [13]. The incidence varied by regions within the UK and Ireland, with the highest incidence in Scotland and lowest in Ireland (1.27 and 0.11 per 100,000, respectively) (Supplementary Appendix, Table A1) [13].
The incidence of HF was 10.4% in 1196 patients aged 0–16 years (60% of whom were infants) primarily diagnosed with congenital or acquired heart disease and prospectively indexed at a single center in Belgium over a 10-year period (Table 1) [17]. Congenital heart disease was the HF etiology in 52% of patients, cardiomyopathies in 19.4%, and acquired heart disease in 18.5% (Supplementary Appendix, Table A1).
Two German studies reported on the nationwide incidence of HF hospitalizations [14, 15]. According to the first study, the incidence of hospitalized HF ranged from 2 to 3 per 100,000 population among children and adolescents (aged 0 to < 15 years; period covered from 2000 to 2006) [14]. A similar incidence of hospitalized HF of 2 per 100,000 population was reported in the second German study over two distinct 1-year periods in 1995 and 2009 [15].
A 2005 study from Taiwan reported an incidence of hospitalized HF of 7.4 per 100,000 pediatric patients aged 0–14 years. The incidence was slightly higher among girls versus boys (8.8 vs. 6 per 100,000, respectively) and was highest in the 0–4 year age group (21.7 per 100,000 population) [16] (Table 1).

Prevalence

Prevalence data were obtained from 5 unique studies comprising one large population-based study from Spain [20, 21] and 4 smaller studies from different university hospitals in Nigeria [18, 19, 22, 23].
In a 2009 study conducted to determine the extent of influenza vaccine coverage in chronically ill patients in Madrid, the prevalence of HF in 117,940 pediatric patients was 0.6% (77 per 100,000 inhabitants) (Table 1) [21]. In a subsequent 2012–2013 publication using the same computerized immunization registry, but not restricted to chronically ill patients, a HF prevalence of 0.1% (83.3 per 100,000) was reported among 981,855 children aged 6 months–14 years [20].
The four hospital-based studies from Nigeria reported a pediatric HF prevalence ranging from 2.7 to 9% in studies of children presenting at emergency rooms or admitted to pediatric hospital wards (Table 1) [18, 19, 22, 23]. The highest prevalence was observed in the youngest age group (1 month–5 years) (Supplementary Appendix, Table A2). The most common HF etiologies in these studies were anemia and respiratory tract infections (Supplementary Appendix, Table A3) [18, 19, 22, 23].

Secondary HF Diagnosis in CVDs

HF as a diagnosis secondary to other CVDs was reported in 49 of 83 identified studies. Five studies reported HF incidence alone, 42 studies reported HF prevalence only, and 2 studies had both incidence and prevalence data (Table 2).
Table 2
Incidence of HF secondary to other CVDs
Study name
Study design
Country, period
Setting
Study population (age range)
Subgroups
Type of HF
Sample size
Gender
HF incidence
Female (n)
Female (%)
Cases (n)
Incidence (%)
Congenital heart defects/disease
 Hong [24]
Retrospective
South Korea, 2000–2010 (11 years)
Hospital (1)
TGA (1–108 days)
All patients
HF
28
11
39.3
5
17.9
 Najm [25]
Retrospective
Canada, 1975–1985 (21 years)
Hospital (1)
Scimitar syndrome (1–335 days)
HF
19
14
73.7*
11
57.9*
 Tomlinson [26]#
Retrospective
Jamaica, 1995–2004 (10 years)
Hospital (1)
Trisomy 21 with congenital heart disease and cardiac lesions (0–12 years)
Congestive HF
46
NR
NR
11*
23.9*
Vascular malformations
 Rialon [27]
Retrospective
US, 1995–2012 (18 years)
Hospital (1)
Hepatic hemangiomas (0 to < 1 year)
All patients
Congestive HF
72
NR
NR
16*
22.2*
Patients who underwent initial screening for hemangiomas
Congestive HF
43
NR
NR
2
5
Unscreened patients
Congestive HF
29
NR
NR
14
48
Post-OHT
 LaPage [28]$
Retrospective
US, 1991–2006 (16 years)
Hospital (1)
Tachyarrhythmia (0–17 years)
 
Acute congestive HF
19
NR
NR
2*
10.5*
 Murtuza [29]
Retrospective
UK, 2000–2011 (8 years)
Hospital (1)
DCM and RCM (0.1–17.1 years)
All patients
VHF (right)
159*
83*
52.2*
30*
18.9
Patients with DCM
VHF (right)
136
74*
54.4*
20
14.7
Patients with RCM
VHF (right)
23
9*
39.1*
10
43.5
IE
 Marom [30]$
Retrospective
Israel, 1992–2004 (12.5 years)
Hospital (1)
IE (0 to < 18 years)
Children with no predisposing factors for IE
HF
9
NR
NR
7
77.8
DCM dilated cardiomyopathy, HF heart failure, IE infective endocarditis, NR not reported, OHT orthotopic heart transplantation, RCM restrictive cardiomyopathy, VHF ventricular heart failure
*Calculated from source article
#In Tomlinson et al., 30 of the 76 children had congestive HF at presentation and this is captured in “Prevalence,” and in 11 of the remaining 46 children congestive HF developed during the study. A total of 41 patients (30 + 11) had congestive HF in this study
$In Marom et al., 9 of a total of 51 patients with IE had no predisposing cardiac anomalies (HF cases are new). Of these, 7 cases had HF and have contributed to incidence data, whereas 42 patients had predisposing cardiac anomalies (unclear if HF cases are new) and the data are captured in “Prevalence

Incidence

Congenital Heart Disease
Three retrospective studies reported the incidence of HF in pediatric patients diagnosed with congenital heart disease [2426]. A Canadian study reported a HF incidence of 57.9% among 19 infants with Scimitar Syndrome (Table 2) [25]. In a Jamaican study, HF developed in 23.9% of 46 patients with trisomy 21 and congenital heart disease and/or cardiac lesions [26]. A study from South Korea reported that, overall, HF developed in 17.9% of 28 patients presenting with transposition of the great arteries (TGA), and the rate was 41.7% in patients who also had ventricular septal defects (VSDs) (Table 2) [24].
Vascular Malformations
In a retrospective study from the US covering 1995–2012, HF developed in more than 20% of the 72 infants with multiple cutaneous and hepatic hemangiomas (Table 2) [27]. The incidence of HF was lower among patients identified through screening for hemangiomas (5% of 43 vs. 48% of 29 not screened) [27].
Post-orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Two retrospective studies (one UK- and one US-based) reported the incidence of HF in post-orthotopic heart transplantation (OHT) pediatric recipients [28, 29]. In the UK-based study, 18.9% of 159 patients developed right ventricular heart failure (VHF) during the perioperative period. Complex congenital heart disease, restrictive cardiomyopathy (RCM), and dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) were the main reasons for OHT in these populations. The incidence of HF was 43.5% in 23 RCM patients and 14.7% in 136 DCM patients (Table 2) [29]. The US study reported that acute congestive HF developed in 10.5% of 19 patients (0–17 years) who presented with tachyarrhythmia beyond the first 2 weeks post-OHT (Table 2) [28].
Infective Endocarditis
HF is one of the many complications of infective endocarditis (IE). A retrospective study from Israel reported incident cases of HF occurring in 77.8% of 9 children with IE, without any predisposing factors [30].

Prevalence

Due to the large number of studies included for the prevalence of HF secondary to other CVDs, only those that ranked ‘fair’ or ‘good’ on the Downs and Black checklist and/or had a sample size > 50 and/or report acute HF are summarized in the text below and listed in Table 3. However, a consolidated table of all included studies is presented in Supplementary Appendix, Table B2.
Table 3
Prevalence of HF in CVD studies
Study name
Study design
Country, period
Setting
Study population (age range)
Subgroups
Type of HF
Sample size
Gender
HF prevalence and distribution in study subgroups
Female (n)
Female (%)
Cases (n)
Prevalence (%)
Distribution of prevalent cases of HF in study subgroups (%)
Congenital heart defects/disease
 Azhari [31]
Retrospective
Saudi Arabia, 1990–2003 (14 years and 1 month)
Hospital (1)
ASD (1 day–11 years)
All patients
Congestive HF
121
74
61.2
14
11.6
Small defects
Congestive HF
22
9*
41
0
0
Medium defects
Congestive HF
27
NR
NR
1
3.7*
Large defects
Congestive HF
72
NR
NR
13
18.1*
Pulmonary arterial hypertension@
Congestive HF
8
2
25
8
100*
 Meberg [32]
Longitudinal (prospective and retrospective)
Norway, 1982–1996 (15 years)
Hospitals (NR)
Congenital heart disease (2 weeks–11 years)
Detected subsequent to discharge from hospital after birth
Decompensation
84
NR
NR
7
8.0
 Miyake [33]
Prospective
Japan, 1986–1996 (11 years)
Hospital (1)
VSD (1–88 days)
All patients
Congestive HF
225
109
48.4*
104
46.0
Subpulmonary VSD
Congestive HF
104
NR
NR
18*
17.3*
Perimembranous VSD
Congestive HF
104
NR
NR
85
81.7*
Muscular
Congestive HF
104
NR
NR
1
1*
Spontaneous closure
Congestive HF
104
NR
NR
20
19.2*
Small open
Congestive HF
104
NR
NR
31
29.8*
Surgical closure
Congestive HF
104
NR
NR
53
51*
 Najm [34]
Retrospective
Canada, 1982–1996 (14 years and 5 months)
Hospital (1)
ASD (1 month–16.4 years)
Congestive HF
180
97
53.9
35
20
 Okoromah [35]
Case–control
Nigeria, 2006–2008 (2 years)
Cases; hospital (1)
Cases: malnutrition and congenital heart disease (3–192 months)
All cases
Congestive HF
73
NR
NR
60
82.2
Controls; community (primary school)
Controls: malnutrition with no congenital heart disease (3–192 months)
All controls
Congestive HF
76
NR
NR
0
0
 Sadoh [36]
Prospective
Nigeria, 2006–2009 (2 years and 5 months)
Hospital (1)
VSD (2–24 months)
All patients
Congestive HF
61
35
57.4
15
24.6
Spontaneous closure
Congestive HF
15
NR
NR
3
20
 Sadoh [37]
Prospective
Nigeria, 2011–2012 (1 year)
Hospital (1)
Pneumonia with and without congenital heart disease (1–48 months)
All patients
Congestive HF
121
60
49.6
49
40.5
Pneumonia and congenital heart disease
Congestive HF
14
  
9
64.3
Pneumonia without congenital heart disease
Congestive HF
107
  
40
37.4
 Shah [38]
Retrospective
Nepal, 2006 (1 year)
Hospital (1)
Congenital heart disease (0 to < 15 years)
Congestive HF
84
33
39.3
46
54.8
 Tomlinson [26]
Retrospective
Jamaica, 1995–2004 (10 years)
Hospital (1)
Trisomy 21 with congenital heart disease (0–12 years)
Congestive HF
76
46
60
30
39.5*
 Vaidyanathan [39]
Prospective
India, 2005–2006 (1 year)
Hospital (1)
Malnutrition with congenital heart disease (0 to < 5 years)
Congestive HF
476
243*
51.5*
194
40.8
Cardiomyopathies
 Alvarez [40], Colan [41], Everitt [42], Towbin [43], Webber [44], Wilkinson [45] (PCMR studies)
Longitudinal (prospective and retrospective cohorts)
US, Canada, 1990 (ongoing)
Hospitals (98 centers for the prospective cohort and 39 centers for the retrospective cohort)
Cardiomyopathies (0 to < 18 years)
All patients
Congestive HF
3549±
NR
NR
NR
NR
All HCM patients
Congestive HF
849
NR
NR
115*
13.5*
Inborn errors of metabolism
Congestive HF
74
NR
NR
30*
40.3
Malformation syndromes
Congestive HF
77
NR
NR
18*
23.4
Neuromuscular disorders
Congestive HF
64
NR
NR
4*
6.4
Infantile/ idiopathic
Congestive HF
634
NR
NR
63*
9.9
US, Canada, 1990–2007 (18 years)
DCM (0 to < 18 years)
All DCM patients
Congestive HF
1682
777*
46.2*
1,205*
71.6*
Idiopathic DCM
Congestive HF
1192
599*
50.2
894
75
Neuromuscular disease
Congestive HF
139
5*
3.6*
40
28.8
Familial isolated DCM
Congestive HF
79
35*
44.3*
44
55.7
Myocarditis
Congestive HF
272
138*
51*
227
83.4
US, Canada, 1990–2008 (19 years)
RCM (0 to < 18 years)
All RCM patients
Congestive HF
152
79*
52*
56*
37
Pure RCM
Congestive HF
101
51*
51*
42*
42
RCM/HCM
Congestive HF
51
27*
53*
13*
26
 Nugent [46]
Retrospective
Australia, 1987–1996 (10 years)
Hospitals (21)
Cardiomyopathies (0 to < 10 years)
All patients
Congestive HF
314
148*
47.1*
206*
65.6*
DCM
Congestive HF
184
103
56
165
89.7
HCM
Congestive HF
80
25
31.2
6
7.5
RCM
Congestive HF
8
4
50
4
50
Unclassified cardiomyopathy
Congestive HF
42
16
38.1
31
73.8
 Saji [47]
Retrospective
Japan, 1997–2002 (6 years)
Hospitals (65)
Myocarditis (1 month–17 years)
All patients
HF
169
NR
NR
61
36.1
Fulminant myocarditis
HF
64
NR
NR
34
53.1
Acute myocarditis
HF
89
NR
NR
27
30.3
Chronic myocarditis
HF
8
NR
NR
NR
NR
 
Myocarditis of unknown type
HF
8
NR
NR
NR
NR
 
 Soongwang [48]
Retrospective
Thailand, 1996–2000 (5 years)
Hospitals (5)
Myocardial diseases (0.1–14.5 years)
All Patients
Congestive HF
209
117*
56.0
151*
72.0
DCM
Congestive HF
94
51
54.3
79
84.1
Acute myocarditis
Congestive HF
57
38
66.7
45
78.9
HCM
Congestive HF
38*
18
47.4
17
44.7
Hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy
Congestive HF
17*
8
47.1
8
47.1
RCM
Congestive HF
3
2
66.7
2
66.6
 Tsirka [49]
Retrospective
US, 1990–1999 (10 years)
Hospitals (2)
DCM (0–17.8 years)
Congestive HF
91
33*
36.3*
72
79
Rheumatic fever/rheumatic heart disease
 Bitar [50]
Retrospective
Lebanon, 1980–1995 (16 years)
Hospital (1)
RF (3–17 years)
Acute congestive HF
91
38*
42*
40*
44
 da Silva [51]
Retrospective
Brazil, 1989–1994 (6 years)
Hospitals (7)
RF (3–17 years)
HF
786
382
48.7
119
15.1*
 Gapu [52]
Cross-sectional
Zimbabwe, 2012–2013 (11 months)
Hospitals (2)
Acute RF and/or RHD (1–12 years)
All patients
Any HF
50
32
64.0
37*
74*
Outpatients
Chronic HF
19
NR
NR
15
78.9
Hospitalized children with acute RF and/or RHD
Congestive HF
31
NR
NR
22
71.0*
Hospitalized with RHD only
AHF
22
NR
NR
20
90.9
Hospitalized with acute RF only
AHF
9
NR
NR
2
22.2
 Karlassan [53]
Retrospective
Turkey, 1993–1998 (5 years)
Hospital (1)
Acute RF (5–17 years)
Congestive HF
274
147
53.6
4
1.5*
 Örün [54]
Retrospective
Turkey, 1980–2009 (30 years)
Hospital (1)
Acute RF (2–15 years)
HF
1115
510
45.8
100
9.0*
 Qurashi [55]
Longitudinal (retrospective and prospective)
Saudi Arabia, 1994–2003 (10 years)
Hospital (1)
Acute RF (4–12 years)
HF
83
NR
NR
14
16.9*
 Rayamajhi [56]
Prospective
Nepal, 2003–2005 (2 years)
Hospital (1)
Acute RF (5–14 years)
HF
51
NR
NR
14
28
IE
 Lertsapcharoen [57]
Retrospective
Thailand, 1987–2004 (18 years)
Hospital (1)
IE (2 months–15 years)
Congestive HF
57
28
49.1*
15
26
 Marom [30]
Retrospective
Israel, 1992–2004 (12.5 years)
Hospital (1)
IE (0 to < 18 years)
Children with predisposing factors for IE
HF
42
NR
NR
10
23.8
 Sadiq [58]
Prospective
Pakistan, 1997–2000 (4 years)
Hospital (1)
IE (4 months–16 years)
All patients
HF
45
15
33.3*
18
40
Rheumatic heart disease
HF
24
  
10
42
Congenital heart disease
HF
20
  
8
40
 
Myocarditis
HF
1
0
0
 
Rhythm and conduction disturbances
 Massin [59]
Retrospective
Belgium, 1995–2006 (11 years)
Hospitals (3)
Tachyarrhythmia (0 to < 16 years)
All patients
HF
250
92*
36.8*
49
19.6*
 
Infants
HF
109
  
33
30.3*
 
Others
 Borzouee [60]
Retrospective
Iran, 2001–2003 (2 years)
Hospital (1)
Cardiac problems (1 day–16 years)
 
HF
1817
NR
NR
25
1.4
 
ASD atrial septal defect, CVD cardiovascular disease, DCM dilated cardiomyopathy, IE infective endocarditis, HCM hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, HF heart failure, NR not reported, RCM restrictive cardiomyopathy, RF rheumatic fever, RHD rheumatic heart disease, VSD ventricular septal defect
*Calculated data from source article
@In Azhari et al. [31], the patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension is inclusive pf patients with small, medium, or large defects and so is not a stand-alone group
±3549 is the most recent number of total patients with different cardiomyopathies (HCM, DCM, RCM) from PCMR registry studies. However, the total of HCM, DCM, and RCM does not add up to this number (Wilkinson et al. [45]). The data for HF in HCM, DCM, and RCM are taken from different PCMR publications
Data on 9 children without predisposing factors in Marom et al. [30] are present in “Incidence,” so the total does not add up to 50
Congenital Heart Disease
The prevalence of HF in various congenital heart diseases was reported and summarized from 17 studies, and ranged from 8% of 84 patients in a study from Norway [32] to 82.2% of 73 patients from a study in Nigeria [35] (Supplementary Appendix, Table B2).
Few studies in this disease category focused on specific congenital defects, such as atrial septal defects (ASDs) or VSDs. A prospective study from India reported a prevalence of HF of 40.8% in 476 malnourished children with congenital heart disease aged < 5 years [39], demonstrating the importance of the association between malnutrition and congenital heart disease and consequent sequelae such as HF. Similarly, a Nigerian case–control study reported a prevalence of HF of 82.2% among 73 children with congenital heart disease (90.4% of these 73 children were malnourished) compared with none among 76 children without congenital heart disease (21.1% of these 76 children were malnourished) (Table 3) [35]. Another prospective study, from Nigeria, reported a 64.3% prevalence of HF among 14 children with congenital heart disease and pneumonia compared with 37.4% among 107 children without congenital heart disease, but with pneumonia (Table 3) [37].
In a retrospective, hospital-based study from Jamaica, a HF prevalence of 39.5% was found in 76 patients with trisomy 21 and congenital heart disease [26]. A Nepalese study reported a HF prevalence of 54.8% of 84 pediatric patients aged < 15 years with congenital heart disease (Table 3) [38].
A Norwegian study reported acute heart failure (AHF) as the presenting symptom in 8% of 84 pediatric patients aged 2 weeks–11 years with congenital heart disease (Table 3) [32]. Four of these patients had VSDs, one had an atrioventricular septal defect, and another had coarctation of the aorta. There was one case of endocardial fibroelastosis (Supplementary Appendix Table B2) [32].
Two prospective studies that reported on the prevalence of comorbidities, including HF, in patients with VSDs are summarized in Table 3. In a Japanese prospective study, the prevalence of HF was 46% among 225 Japanese infants < 3 months of age diagnosed with VSDs over a period of 11 years (1986–1996) [33]. HF was most prevalent in patients with perimembranous VSDs and least prevalent among patients with a defect in the muscular septum (81.7 and 1%, respectively) (Table 3). Spontaneous closure of the VSDs occurred in 19 versus 72% of the patients with and without HF, respectively, and surgical closure was required 51 versus 5% of these respective patients [33]. HF was the presenting symptom in 24.6% of the 61 Nigerian children with VSD aged 2–24 months (Table 3), of whom only 20% had spontaneous closure of the VSDs [36].
Two retrospective studies focused on pediatric patients with ASDs are summarized in Table 3. In a hospital-based study from Canada, HF was the presenting symptom in 20% of the 180 ASD patients aged 1 month–16.4 years [34] (Table 3). Another hospital-based study from Saudi Arabia reported that HF was prevalent in 11.6% of 121 ASD patients aged 1 day–11 years [31]. In the Saudi Arabian study, HF prevalence was 18.1% among patients with large defects (≥ 8 mm), 3.7% with medium defects (5–8 mm), and 0% in patients with small defects (3–5 mm) (Table 3) [31].
Cardiomyopathies/Myocarditis
Seven unique studies reported the prevalence of HF in myocardial diseases (cardiomyopathies and myocarditis; Supplementary Appendix, Table B2) and five are summarized below. As shown in Table 3, studies from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry (PCMR) had the largest population base regarding prevalence of pediatric HF in cardiomyopathies and contains data from multiple centers in the US and Canada. In this registry, the prevalence of HF was 71.6% among 1682 DCM patients, 37% among 152 RCM patients, and 13.5% among 849 hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) patients [40, 44, 45]. Idiopathic DCM was the most common cause of DCM, and 75% of these patients presented with HF. For HCM, the highest proportion of HF was among those with inborn errors of metabolism (40.3%). The most common etiology for HCM was idiopathic (unknown) (Table 3) [40, 45].
An overall prevalence of HF of 65.6% was reported in an Australian 21-center retrospective study of children < 10 years with different cardiomyopathies [46]. In this study, a prevalence of 89.7% was reported for 184 DCM patients, a prevalence of 50% among 8 RCM patients, and 7.5% among 80 HCM patients (Table 3) [46]. Similarly, a high prevalence of HF (79%) was also observed in 91 DCM patients, in a US-based retrospective study [49]. In another study from 5 hospitals in Thailand that included cardiomyopathy patients aged 0.1–14.5 years, HF was reported in 84.1% of 94 patients with DCM, 66.6% of 3 RCM patients, 47.1% of 17 patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, and 44.7% of 38 HCM patients [48]. Additionally, HF was present in almost 80% of 57 patients with acute myocarditis [48], which contrasts with a smaller percentage reported in a Japanese study [47]. The Japanese study reported that 53.1% of the 64 patients with fulminant myocarditis had HF at admission, whereas HF was present at admission in only 30.3% of 89 patients with acute myocarditis (Table 3). In this Japanese study, the authors stated that “fulminant myocarditis represents approximately 20–30% of myocarditis cases, and can be clinically differentiated from acute myocarditis by the presence of severe hemodynamic deterioration, cardiogenic shock, severe ventricular dysfunction, and/or refractory life-threatening arrhythmias requiring inotropic support or mechanical cardiopulmonary assist devices” [47]. It is thus unclear why HF was “present” in only 53.1% of patients with fulminant myocarditis [47]. Myocarditis is often associated with viral infection and in this Japanese study, 25% (22 of 89) and 19% (12 of 64) of the total number of acute and fulminant cases were associated with viral pathogens, respectively. Coxsackie A/B and influenza were the most commonly reported infections.
Rheumatic Fever/Rheumatic Heart Disease
Ten studies reported the prevalence of HF in rheumatic fever (RF) and rheumatic heart disease (RHD) ranging from 1.5% in Turkey to 74% in Zimbabwe (Supplementary Appendix, Table B2) [5056, 6163].
The retrospective Turkish study had the largest sample size of 1115 acute RF and comprised patients admitted to a single hospital, aged 2–15 years. HF was detected in 9% of the included patients (and in 13.8% of those diagnosed with carditis), over a 30 year period (Table 3) [54]. Another retrospective study from Turkey showed that HF was the presenting symptom in only 1.5% of 274 patients with acute RF (Table 3) [53].
Among all the included studies, the cross-sectional study from Zimbabwe reported the highest proportion of patients with any HF (74% of 50 included patients) among patients with acute RF or RHD. In this study, AHF was present in 71% of the 31 hospitalized patients, and HF was detected in 78.9% of the 19 children seen in outpatient clinics (Table 3) [52]. AHF was reported in 44% of the 91 RF patients at initial presentation, in a retrospective study from Lebanon [50].
Infective Endocarditis
HF is one of the many complications of IE. Three studies reported the incidence of HF in the pediatric population with IE, ranging from 23.8% in Israel to 40% in Pakistan (Table 3) [30, 57, 58]. The retrospective study from Israel reported HF in 23.8% of 42 IE patients who had at least one predisposing factor such as the presence of congenital or acquired heart disease, intravenous therapy within 4 weeks before the onset of endocarditis, and previous invasive procedures (Table 3) [57].
Other Studies
Details of a Belgian study on the prevalence of HF patients admitted for arrhythmias and an Iranian study on the prevalence of HF patients with cardiac problems are also listed in Table 3 [59, 60].

Secondary HF Diagnosis in Non-CVD

Of the 83 identified studies, 24 studies reported HF as secondary diagnosis in non-CVDs.
Incidence of HF Associated with Anthracycline Treatment, HIV/AIDS, and Pneumonia
Three retrospective studies reported an incidence of HF between 1 and 5%, following anthracycline treatment of various childhood cancers (Table 4) [6466]. In a cohort of 808 children from the Netherlands (aged 0‒16 years), 94% of 17 cases occurred during or within the first year of anthracycline therapy [66]. In a US study, HF developed in 1% of 97 doxorubicin-treated patients aged 7 months–17 years. The one patient who developed HF received a cumulative dose of 450 mg/m2 doxorubicin [64]. The highest rate of 5% was reported in a Japanese study, in which 6 of patients on anthracycline developed HF. In the Japanese study, the mean total anthracycline dose received by these patients was 383 mg/m2 (range: 180–520) [65].
Table 4
Incidence and prevalence of HF in non-CVD studies
Incidence of HF secondary to non-CVDs
Study name
Study design
Country, period
Setting
Study population (age range)
Subgroups
Type of HF
Sample size
Gender
HF incidence
 
Female (n)
Female (%)
Cases (n)
Incidence (%)
Hematology/oncology
 Berrak [64]
Retrospective
US, 1988–1998 (10 years)
Hospital (1)
Doxorubicin for childhood cancer (7 months–17 years)
Congestive HF
97
38
39.2*
1
1.0*
 
 Godoy [65]
Retrospective
Japan, 1985–1994 (10 years)
Hospital (1)
Anthracyclines for childhood cancer (5 months–17 years)
Congestive HF
120
51
42.5*
6
5.0*
 
 van Dalen [66]
Retrospective
Netherlands, 1976–2001 (26 years)
Hospital (1)
Anthracyclines for childhood cancer (< 2 to > 16 years)
Age < 2 to 16 years
Congestive HF
808*
NR
NR
17*
2.1*
 
HIV/AIDS
 Starc [67]
Prospective
US, 1990–1997 (6 years)
Hospitals (10)
Children of HIV-infected mothers (0–14 years)
Infected children with echocardiographic evaluation available (5 years of follow-up)
Congestive HF
199#
NR
NR
14
14 (cumulative incidence)
 
 Fisher [68]
7.0 (incidence)
 
 Lipshultz [69]
Infants of HIV-infected mothers (0 to < 28 days)
Infected infants (5 years of follow-up)
Congestive HF
93
NR
NR
4
5.1(cumulative incidence)
 
 Starc [70]
4.3 (incidence)
 
Uninfected infants(5 years of follow-up)
Congestive HF
463
NR
NR
1
0.2(cumulative incidence)
 
0.2 (incidence)
Pneumonia
 llten [71]
Prospective
Turkey, NR
Hospital (1)
Acute pneumonia (2–24 months)
 
Congestive HF
50
14
28
7
14
 
Prevalence of HF secondary to non-CVDs
Study name
Study design
Country, period
Setting
Study population (age range)
Subgroups
Type of HF
Sample size
Gender
HF prevalence and distribution in study subgroups
Female (n)
Female (%)
Cases (n)
Prevalence (%)
Distribution of prevalent cases of HF in study subgroups (%)
Renal disorders
 Duzova [72]
Prospective
Turkey, 2006–2007 (1 year)
Hospitals (17)
AKI (1–18 years)
Newborn (< 1 month)
HF
154
NR
NR
15
9.7
 Gunasekaran [73]
Prospective
India, 2013–2014 (1 year and 6 months)
Hospital (1)
ANS (1–13 years)
PIGN
Congestive HF
72
32*
44.4*
8
11.1
PIGN
PSGN
Congestive HF
65
30*
46.1*
8
12.3
 Krishnamurthy [74]
Prospective
India, 2010–2011 (10 months)
Hospital (1)
AKI (1–144 months)
 
Congestive HF
54
25
46.3
2
3.8
 Sarkissian [75]
Prospective
Armenia, 1992–1996 (5 years)
Hospital (1)
Acute PIGN (1 to < 16 years)
 
Congestive HF
474
166*
35*
45
10
 Vachvanichsanong [76]
Retrospective
Thailand, 1984–2007 (26 years)
Hospital (1)
AKI (0–30 days)
All patients
Congestive HF
139
51
36.7*
17*
12.2*
 Vachvanichsanong [77]
Retrospective
Thailand, 1982–2004 (22 years and 10 months)
Hospital (1)
Acute renal failure (1 month–16.7 years)
 
HF
311
NR
NR
26
8.4
 Wong [78]
Prospective
New Zealand, 2007–2009 (2 years)
Hospitals (country wide)
Acute PSGN (definite/probable) (1.4–14.7 years)
 
Congestive HF
176
62
35.2*
8
4.5*
HIV/AIDS
 Cunha [79]
Retrospective
Brazil, 1990–2002 (13 years)
Hospital (1)
AIDS (0 to < 13 years)
 
Congestive HF
93
47
50.5
12
12.9*
 Diogenes [80]
Prospective
Brazil, 1996–2004 (8 years)
Hospital (NR)
HIV-1 (13 days–13 years)
HIV infected
Congestive HF
41
NR
NR
12
29.3*
HIV seroconverted
Congestive HF
43
NR
NR
0
0
Dilated cardiomyopathy (as etiology for congestive HF in HIV)
Congestive HF
12
  
5
 
41.7*
 Okoromah [81]
Case–control
Nigeria, 2004–2007 (3 years)
Hospital (1)
HIV positive (18–144 months)
 
Congestive HF
83
NR
NR
10
12
Community and hospital
HIV negative (18–144 months)
 
Congestive HF
83
NR
NR
0
0
 Starc [67]
Prospective
US, 1990 to Jan 1997 (6 years)
Hospitals (10)
Children of HIV-infected mothers (0–14 years)
 
Congestive HF
201
NR
NR
2
1
 Fisher [68]
 Lipshultz [69]
 Starc [70]
Hematology/oncology
 Karimi [82]
Cross-sectional
Iran, 2007–2010 (3 years)
Hospital (1)
BTM (1–15 years)
All patients
Congestive HF
328
NR
NR
47*
14.3*
Other conditions
 Ahmed [83]
Retrospective
Scotland, 2002–2008 (6 years)
Hospital (1)
Vitamin D deficiency (2 weeks–14 years)
 
HF
160
77
48.1
1
0.6
 Camilla [84]
Cross-sectional (Pt prevalence)
Italy
Community
Organ failure (0 to < 18 years)
All inhabitants
CHF
6,47,727
NR
NR
21
0.0032*
     
DCM (as etiology)
 
21
NR
NR
13
 
62*
 Lagunju [85]
Retrospective
Nigeria, 2000–2004 (5 years)
Hospital (1)
Measles (4 months–10 years)
 
HF
666
319
47.9
2
0.3
ANS acute nephrotic syndrome, AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, AKI acute kidney injury, APGN acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis, APSGN acute post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis, BTM β-thalassemia major, CHF chronic heart disease, CVD cardiovascular disease, DCM dilated cardiomyopathy, HF heart failure, HIV human immunodeficiency virus, NR not reported, PIGN post-infectious glomerulonephritis, PSGN post-streptococcal glomerulonephritis
*Calculated data from source article
#In Starc et al., 2 of the 201 children had congestive HF at presentation and this is captured in “Prevalence,” and in the remaining 199 children congestive HF developed during the study
Multiple publications from the US-based P2C2 HIV study reported the incidence of HF in children of HIV-infected mothers (Table 4) [6770]. The study categorized children into two groups: group 1 included 199 vertically infected children aged 0.1–14 years with echocardiographic evaluations and group 2 included newborns (93 HIV-infected and 463 uninfected). In group 1, a 5-year cumulative HF incidence of 14% was reported during the 5-year follow-up. In group 2, a 5-year cumulative HF incidence of 5.1 versus 0.2% was reported among the infected and uninfected infants, respectively (Table 4) [67].
In a further prospective Turkish study, 14% of 50 children aged 2–24 months with pneumonia developed HF (Table 4) [71].
Prevalence of HF Associated with Renal Disorders, HIV/AIDS, and Other Conditions
Nine studies reported the HF prevalence in pediatric patients with renal disorders (Supplementary Appendix, Table C2) [7278, 86, 87]. The prevalence of HF ranged from 3.8% among patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) [74] to 24.1% among those with a primary diagnosis of acute glomerulonephritis (AGN) [87].
HF was diagnosed in 4.5‒11.1% of pediatric patients with acute post-infectious glomerulonephritis (PIGN) [73, 75, 78] and was the most common extra-renal diagnosis in a prospective study from Armenia (10% of 474 pediatric patients (Table 4)) [75]. A large prospective multi-center study from Turkey reported HF as prevalent in 9.7% of 154 children with AKI aged < 1 month old [72], while a prospective study from a hospital in India reported that 3.8% of 54 AKI patients had underlying HF [74]. Two studies from Thailand reported HF as a cause of AKI and acute renal failure in pediatric patients. The first study reported HF as present 12.2% of 139 AKI patients aged ≤ 30 days [76], whereas the second study reported HF in 8.4% of 311 acute renal failure patients aged 1 month–16.7 years (Table 4) [77].
The prevalence of HIV/AIDS patients presenting with HF ranged from 1% in the US [67] to 29.3% in Brazil (Supplementary Appendix, Table C2, Table 4) [80]. Of note, a Brazilian study reported that more than 25% of 41 HIV-infected pediatric patients had HF versus none in 43 HIV-negative patients and that DCM was the main etiology in 41.7% of these HF patients [80].
One study from Iran reported that HF accounted for 14.3% of 328 hospital admissions in β-thalassemia major patients (Table 4) [82]. In other studies, a HF prevalence of 0.3% of 666 patients was reported from a study of the complications of measles [85], 0.6% of 160 (one patient) with vitamin D deficiencies [83], and 5.3% of 38 with foreign body aspiration [88]. Of note, one population-based cross-sectional study carried out to determine the epidemiology of childhood chronic organ failure reported a prevalence of chronic HF of 0.0032%, for 647,727 inhabitants aged < 18 years. Furthermore, DCM was the main cause of HF, being the etiology in 62% of these patients (Table 4) [84].

Discussion

This systematic review and narrative synthesis collates the existing evidence on the incidence and prevalence of HF in the pediatric population (< 18 years) and strengthens the current knowledge on the epidemiology of pediatric HF.
In studies reporting HF as a primary diagnosis, there appears to be a relatively higher incidence of HF in Taiwan (7.4 per 100,000 population) [16] compared with the European (0.87–3 per 100,000 population) pediatric population [1315]. Possible reasons for the variation in the reported incidence rates include different definitions of HF used across studies, statistical methods (crude incidence [16] versus adjusted incidence [14, 15] rates reported), definitions of the study populations (e.g., defined population such as children with ‘heart muscle disease’ (cardiomyopathy/myocarditis, etc.) [13] versus overall HF diagnosis rates [1416]). Furthermore, as the Asian data were from one single Taiwanese study, the results may not be generalizable to other regions of the Asian continent.
Variation within the same geographic regions was also apparent. The slight difference in incidence reported from Germany [14, 15] and the UK and Ireland study [13] may be due to differences in HF etiology, with the German studies not specifying etiology, but the UK and Ireland study including cases mainly due to heart muscle diseases. However, even within the UK and Ireland, the incidence varied, with rates from Ireland and Scotland ranging from 0.11 to 1.27 per 100,000, respectively [13].
A wider variation was observed in Nigerian studies, which showed HF prevalence ranging from 2.7 to 9% in children presenting to the emergency room or admitted into pediatric wards [18, 19, 22, 23]. The differences in HF prevalence from different Nigerian centers could be due to differences in the study designs, patient selection, diagnosis and definition of HF, and the different time periods in which the studies were conducted. Similar differences in diagnosis and definition may underlie the differences in the rate of HF prevalence associated with RF reported in two Turkish studies (9% [54] and 1.5% [53]).
Overall, comparisons between studies and countries need to be interpreted with caution as the studies were highly heterogeneous and reported diverse etiologies across countries.
Leading causes of pediatric HF reported from lower income countries were lower respiratory tract infections and severe anemia [18, 19, 22, 23]. Inadequate treatment for conditions such as malaria, which can cause severe anemia and associated HF, may be a reason for the above finding [18, 19, 22, 23]. In comparison, studies from the developed world reported congenital heart disease and cardiomyopathies as two leading causes of HF in the pediatric population, with other major causes including rhythm and conduction disturbances and acquired heart diseases [13, 17].
More than half of the studies included in the review summarized evidence of HF incidence/prevalence diagnosed secondary to another CVD. Only three studies on the incidence of HF secondary to CHD were identified in this review, including two studies with rare etiology (secondary to Scimitar syndrome [25] and trisomy 21 with congenital heart disease [26]). It is widely recognized that many infants with left heart obstructive lesions and large VSDs will present with HF [89], but data on the incidence are lacking. Most reports of HF prevalence were in the context of congenital heart disease, particularly VSD and ASD [3134, 36, 90]. Similarly, this is likely due to a reporting bias, as some of the other congenital heart diseases that are associated with HF may be under-reported.
A high HF prevalence was observed when congenital heart disease co-existed with conditions such as malnutrition, pneumonia, and trisomy 21 [26, 35, 37, 39, 91]. Findings from these studies also suggest that spontaneous closure of ASDs/VSDs was less common in young children with co-existing HF than in those without HF [33, 36, 55].
Evidence suggests that approximately 40% of children with symptomatic cardiomyopathy develop HF of such severity that it leads to transplantation or death [92]. This review provides information on the incidence and prevalence of HF in different types of cardiomyopathies, including DCM, HCM, and RCM and myocarditis [13, 40, 4449]. We found that the proportion of HF was highest among patients with DCM, followed by patients with RCM and then HCM [13, 40, 4446, 48, 49]. Additionally, we found that HF is a major complication in conditions such as acute rheumatic fever, rheumatic heart disease, and IE [30, 53, 56].
The third disease category summarized evidence of pediatric HF incidence/prevalence diagnosed secondary to non-CVDs. Anthracyclines are used widely for the treatment of numerous childhood malignancies and have known cardiac toxicity. The data indicate that the risk of developing HF is related to the treatment dose or mode of delivery (pulsatile versus continuous). Many patients developed HF within the first year of treatment [6466], and that younger children were more vulnerable to anthracycline cardiotoxicity [6466].
The close relationship between HF and renal disorders is reflected in our findings. The studies on renal disorders included patients with AKI, acute renal failure, or with AGN due to PIGN. While HF was a presenting symptom in patients with PIGN, it was reported as an etiology for AKI or acute renal failure, along with other conditions [7278, 86, 87]. Another major area in which HF was reported was among pediatric HIV/AIDS patients. The studies reported a wide range of prevalence from different geographic locations owing to the fact that the included patients were in different stages of HIV, across different pediatric ages, and it was noted that the rate of cardiac complications increases as these patients progress to AIDS [67, 7981, 93, 94].

Limitations

In all three disease categories, a lack of large population-based studies and the heterogeneity of study design limit the scope for generalizations and comparisons. Therefore, differences between studies and countries need to be interpreted with caution. Furthermore, much of the evidence was derived from hospital-based studies, introducing a greater potential for selection bias compared with population-based studies.
The large proportion of full-text studies (63 of 77) that were graded as ‘poor’ according to the Downs and Black checklist suggests the need for studies with improved design and methodology. Furthermore, the development of standardized definitions of pediatric HF would help in reducing heterogeneity, facilitating higher quality comparisons of outcomes between studies.
The search strategy did not include the various comorbid conditions as dedicated search terms. Therefore, relevant articles could have been missed. Nevertheless, we believe that the comprehensive nature of our methodology ensured that the prevalence/incidence of HF in all major CVDs and non-CVDs in the pediatric population is captured.

Conclusion

In summary, this systematic review provides valuable information and insights into the incidence and prevalence of HF in children and adolescents over the last 20 years (1996–2016) and strengthens the current knowledge on the epidemiology of pediatric HF. While a substantial number of studies were identified, more large population-based studies are needed to consolidate the evidence base. Moreover, there is a need to use standard definitions for HF in future pediatric epidemiological studies, to assess the true differences in incidence and prevalence among various studies.

Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank Paul Coyle and Laoighse Mulrane (employees of Novartis) for providing writing/editorial assistance. All authors reviewed and critically revised the manuscript for content and approved the final version of the manuscript for submission.

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Conflict of interest

Robert Shaddy, Joseph Rossano, and Michael Burch are consultants of Novartis; Aneesh Thomas George, Eimear Nic Lochlainn, Lalit Thakur, Rumjhum Agrawal, Susan Solar-Yohay, Fabian Chen, and Thomas Severin are employees of Novartis; Thomas Jaecklin is an employee of Shire International GmbH; Robert Shaddy received grants/research support from NIH/NHLBI.

Ethical Approval

This article does not contain any studies with human participants or animals performed by any of the authors.
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Metadaten
Titel
Systematic Literature Review on the Incidence and Prevalence of Heart Failure in Children and Adolescents
verfasst von
Robert E. Shaddy
Aneesh Thomas George
Thomas Jaecklin
Eimear Nic Lochlainn
Lalit Thakur
Rumjhum Agrawal
Susan Solar-Yohay
Fabian Chen
Joseph W. Rossano
Thomas Severin
Michael Burch
Publikationsdatum
20.12.2017
Verlag
Springer US
Erschienen in
Pediatric Cardiology / Ausgabe 3/2018
Print ISSN: 0172-0643
Elektronische ISSN: 1432-1971
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00246-017-1787-2

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