Childhood growth patterns following congenital heart disease

• Published in: Cardiology in the young Vol. 25; no. 6; pp. 1044 - 1053
• Main Authors: Aguilar, David C., Raff, Gary W., Tancredi, Daniel J., Griffin, Ian J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK Cambridge University Press 01.08.2015
• Subjects: Adolescent; Body Height; Body Mass Index; Body Weight; Child; Child, Preschool; Cross-Sectional Studies; Female; Growth; Heart Defects, Congenital - classification; Heart Defects, Congenital - physiopathology; Humans; Linear Models; Male; Original Articles; Retrospective Studies; Risk Factors; metabolic syndrome; growth; Adiposity; CHD

Introduction: Prenatal and early postnatal growth are known to be abnormal in patients with CHD. Although adult metabolic risk is associated with growth later in childhood, little is known of childhood growth in CHD. Patients and Methods: Retrospective data were collected on 551 patients with coarct...