Indication Captopril is used in adults primarily to treat systemic hypertension, congestive heart failure, and left ventricular dysfunction in stable patients after a myocardial infarction. In pediatric patients, it is also used to treat systemic hypertension and congestive heart failure; additionally, it is used in congenital heart disease patients who have single ventricle anatomy, atrioventricular [...]
Pharmacological manipulation of afterload or systemic vascular resistance has become increasingly important in the management of pediatric cardiac patients, just as it has for adult cardiac patients. Specifically, the principal groups of pediatric patients with cardiovascular disease who may benefit from afterload reduction therapies include the following: 1. Patients with normal cardiac anatomy and myocardial [...]
